The historical evolution of knowledge of the involvement of neurohormonal systems in the pathophysiology and treatment of heart failure

Our knowledge of the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) underwent profound changes during the 1980s. Once thought to be of exclusively structural origin, HF began to be seen as the consequence of hormonal imbalance. A number of seminal studies were published in that decade focusing on the impact...

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Main Authors: Jorge Polónia, Francisco Rocha Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420492030060X