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Jerzy Korewicki
Researcher at University of Birmingham
Publications - 80
Citations - 11885
Jerzy Korewicki is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Heart transplantation. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 80 publications receiving 11573 citations. Previous affiliations of Jerzy Korewicki include Valve Corporation.
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology.
Karl Swedberg,John G.F. Cleland,Henry J. Dargie,Helmut Drexler,Ferenc Follath,Michel Komajda,Luigi Tavazzi,Otto A. Smiseth,Antonello Gavazzi,Axel Haverich,Arno W. Hoes,Tiny Jaarsma,Jerzy Korewicki,Samuel Lévy,Cecilia Linde,José-Luis López-Sendón,Markku S. Nieminen,Luc Pierard,Willem J. Remme +18 more
TL;DR: Recent surveys of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents published in peer-reviewed journals between 1985 and 1998 have shown that methodological standards were not complied with in the vast majority of cases.
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The EuroHeart Failure survey programme-- a survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe. Part 1: patient characteristics and diagnosis.
John G.F. Cleland,Karl Swedberg,Ferenc Follath,Michel Komajda,Alain Cohen-Solal,J.C. Aguilar,Rainer Dietz,Antonello Gavazzi,R. Hobbs,Jerzy Korewicki,Hugo Madeira,V. S. Moiseyev,István Préda,W. H. Van Gilst,J Widimsky,Nick Freemantle,Joanne Eastaugh,James Mason +17 more
TL;DR: Most men but a minority of women who underwent investigation of cardiac function had evidence of moderate or severe left ventricular dysfunction, the main target of current advances in the treatment of heart failure.
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Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure
John Kjekshus,Eduard Apetrei,Vivencio Barrios,Michael Böhm,John G.F. Cleland,Jan H. Cornel,Peter H.J.M. Dunselman,Cândida Fonseca,Assen Goudev,Peer Grande,Lars Gullestad,Åke Hjalmarson,Jaromír Hradec,András Jánosi,Gabriel Kamenský,Michel Komajda,Jerzy Korewicki,Timo Kuusi,François Mach,Vyacheslav Mareev,John J.V. McMurray,Naresh Ranjith,Maria Schaufelberger,Johan Vanhaecke,Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,Finn Waagstein,Hans Wedel,John Wikstrand,John Wikstrand +28 more
TL;DR: Rosuvastatin did not reduce the primary outcome or the number of deaths from any cause in older patients with systolic heart failure, although the drug did reduce the numberOf cardiovascular hospitalizations and the drugdid not cause safety problems.
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The EuroHeart Failure Survey programme--a survey on the quality of care among patients with heart failure in Europe. Part 2: treatment.
Michel Komajda,Ferenc Follath,Karl Swedberg,John G.F. Cleland,J.C. Aguilar,Alain Cohen-Solal,Rainer Dietz,Antonello Gavazzi,W. H. Van Gilst,R. Hobbs,Jerzy Korewicki,Hugo Madeira,V. S. Moiseyev,István Préda,J Widimsky,Nick Freemantle,Joanne Eastaugh,James Mason +17 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the prescription of recommended medications including ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers remains limited and that the daily dosage remains low, particularly for beta- blockers.
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Management of heart failure in primary care (the IMPROVEMENT of Heart Failure Programme): an international survey.
John G.F. Cleland,Alain Cohen-Solal,J. Cosin Aguilar,Rainer Dietz,Joanne Eastaugh,Ferenc Follath,Nick Freemantle,Antonello Gavazzi,W. H. Van Gilst,F. D. R. Hobbs,Jerzy Korewicki,Hugo Madeira,István Préda,Karl Swedberg,J Widimsky +14 more
TL;DR: The inconsistencies between physicians' knowledge and the treatment that they deliver suggests that improved organisation of care for heart failure is required, and there are substantial variations in practice between countries.