Appropriate candidates include those patients who are under age 65 (70 with nonischemic cardiomyopathy). Approximately one half of transplants are done for ischemic cardiomyopathy and the other ...

[8] The rationale of APSV is based on the observation that in ischemic limbs, blood moves at much slower velocity in the distal leg arteries compared with blood in nonischemic limbs. This is noted ...

In one large trial (PRAISE-1), amlodipine did not increase mortality among patients with HF due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Although dihydropypridine calcium channel blockers should not be used ...