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Biofeedback-Assisted Stress Management Training To Reverse Myocardial Remodeling In Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure, Dana Lynn Schneeberger
Biofeedback-Assisted Stress Management Training To Reverse Myocardial Remodeling In Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure, Dana Lynn Schneeberger
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Heart failure is a progressive disease in which the heart is no longer able to pump sufficient amounts of blood to the body. Over six million Americans currently suffer from heart failure, and although pharmacological and surgical therapies continue to improve, about 50 of people with heart failure still die within five years of diagnosis.As the human heart fails, many structural, cellular and molecular alterations occur that contribute to the decrease in heart function. It has been well-established that some of these alterations are the result of sympathetic nervous system hyperactivation, and decreasing sympathetic input with a beta blocker or …