Fig. 2.1 Progressive decrease of overall yearly mortality in successive heart failure (HF) trials, where beta-blockers (beta Bl) [12–14] and, later, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) [15] were tested. Notably, over…
Fig. 6.1 A scheme of short- and long-term changes in NGF expression and nerve density in animal models of myocardial injury (Reproduced with permission from Govoni et al. [16]) 6.6…
Fig. 5.1 In physiological conditions, different opposing positive and negative feedback mechanisms, such as baroreceptors and vagal and sympathetic afferents, in addition to central integration, promote neural control of the…
Fig. 1.1 Pathogenesis of heart failure (Mann and Bristow [10]) However, it is important to recognize that this knowledge and understanding evolved over the past two to three decades. Early…
