Rehospitalization after intermittent levosimendan treatment in advanced heart failure patients: a meta‐analysis of randomized trials
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12177
Abstract: Intermittent levosimendan administration has been suggested to improve survival in patients with advanced heart failure (AdHF). Quality of life is a key issue for AdHF patients and is negatively affected by frequent hospitalizations. read more here.
Keywords: advanced heart; heart; intermittent levosimendan; heart failure ... See more keywords
The need for dedicated advanced heart failure units to optimize heart failure care: impact of optimized advanced heart failure unit care on heart transplant outcome in high‐risk patients
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12314
Abstract: With an increasing prevalence of heart failure (HF), more patients with advanced disease have to be treated in cardiology units by sophisticated medical and interventional strategies. We therefore developed a dedicated advanced heart failure unit… read more here.
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A per‐protocol initiation of sacubitril/valsartan in an advanced heart failure disease management programme in the Middle East Gulf Region
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12452
Abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the utilization and success in therapy intensification after initiation of sacubitril/valsartan using a specified protocol within an advanced heart failure and transplant programme in the Middle East… read more here.
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Advanced heart failure: guideline‐directed medical therapy, diuretics, inotropes, and palliative care
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13859
Abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of mortality, hospitalizations, and reduced quality of life and a major burden for the healthcare system. The number of patients that progress to an advanced stage of HF… read more here.
Keywords: heart failure; failure guideline; advanced heart; care ... See more keywords
Movement therapy in advanced heart failure assisted by a lightweight wearable robot: a feasibility pilot study
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13903
Abstract: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the safety, feasibility, tolerability, and acceptability of an assisted mobilization of advanced heart failure patients, using a lightweight, exoskeleton‐type robot (Myosuit, MyoSwiss AG, Zurich, Switzerland). read more here.
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Intermittent inotropic support with levosimendan in advanced heart failure as destination therapy: The LEVO‐D registry
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DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14278
Abstract: Patients with advanced heart failure (AHF) who are not candidates to advanced therapies have poor prognosis. Some trials have shown that intermittent levosimendan can reduce HF hospitalizations in AHF in the short term. In this… read more here.
Keywords: heart failure; levosimendan; advanced heart; registry ... See more keywords
Advanced heart failure: a position statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
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DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1236
Abstract: This article updates the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2007 classification of advanced heart failure and describes new diagnostic and treatment options for these patients. Recognizing the patient with advanced… read more here.
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Advanced heart failure: Trans‐Atlantic perspectives on the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology position statement
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DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1313
Abstract: 1Cardiology Department, Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 2Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart… read more here.
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Prognostic impact of the updated 2018 HFA‐ESC definition of advanced heart failure: results from the HELP‐HF registry
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DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2561
Abstract: The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA‐ESC) proposed a definition of advanced heart failure (HF) that has not been validated, yet. We assessed its prognostic impact in a consecutive series of… read more here.
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Inotropic therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
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DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2814
Abstract: This clinical consensus statement reviews the use of inotropic support in patients with advanced heart failure. The current guidelines only support use of inotropes in the setting of acute decompensated heart failure with evidence of… read more here.
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[Advance care planning: A qualitative investigation on patients' perspectives with advanced heart failure].
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DOI: 10.1007/s00391-018-1385-9
Abstract: BACKGROUND The Hospice and Palliative Care Act (2015) promotes advance care planning (ACP) for patients in nursing homes, but chronically ill patients living at home can also benefit from ACP. OBJECTIVE The aim of the… read more here.
Keywords: care; advanced heart; advance; heart failure ... See more keywords