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Author(s): Syed Yaseen Naqvi , Ibrahim G Salama , Ayhan Yoruk , et al Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure is a progressive and fatal disease that affects more than 23 million people worldwide, and will affect more than 8 million people in the USA by 2030.1,2 Despite major advancements in medical and device treatments for heart failure in recent decades, the incidence of heart failure continues to rise. This epidemic has a major impact on patient quality of life, while imposing heavy… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
Author(s): Marco Metra , Elisabetta Dinatolo , Nicolò Dasseni Added: 3 years ago
Despite improvements in treatment, heart failure (HF) continues to have a progressive clinical course characterised by worsening of cardiac function and clinical condition, leading to a stage of advanced chronic HF. At this stage, the clinical picture is characterised by severe symptoms, frequent episodes of decompensation, poor quality of life and poor survival. Evidence-based medical treatments… View more

Heart Failure

Heterogeneous Populations
Author(s): Tonje Thorvaldsen , Lars H Lund Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is associated with poor quality of life, high risk of death and is the leading cause of hospitalisation.1 With an ageing population and improved care for cardiovascular diseases, the prevalence of HF is increasing. Despite advances in HF therapies, 1–10% of the population with HF progress to an advanced stage of the disease.2,3 In the US, an estimated 250,000–300,000 patients… View more

Heart Failure
Aortic Pulsatility Index in Heart Failure
Author(s): Tania Deis , Kasper Rossing , Finn Gustafsson Added: 1 year ago

Heart Failure
Haemodynamic Balance in Acute and Advanced Heart Failure: An Expert Perspective on the Role of Levosimendan
Author(s): Piergiuseppe Agostoni , Dimitrios T Farmakis , Jose M García-Pinilla , et al Added: 3 years ago
The use of IV vasoactive drugs, diuretics, vasodilators and inotropes for correcting haemodynamic dysfunction in patients with decompensated heart failure has been described over many decades.1 However, data on their effects on prognosis do not offer a convincing picture of clinical benefit.2 This is particularly true regarding IV inotropes. Clinical data collected on the effects of cardiac… View more

Heart Failure
Co-occurrence of Myocardial Sarcoidosis and LV Non-compaction
Author(s): Anupam A Kumar , Lena E Tran , Aniket S Rali , et al Added: 1 year ago

Heart Failure
Feras Bader
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Personal History Dr Feras Bader, MD is based in Abu Dhabi, where he works as a staff physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Academic History Dr Feras Bader, MD earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan School of Medicine, Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency in internal medicine, as well as a fellowship in advanced heart… View more
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Personal History Dr Garrick Colin Stewart is a Cardiologist who specialises in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Boston, Massachusetts.1 Academic History Dr Stewart obtained his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2003. He then completed his Residency in Internal Medicine (2006), Cardiology Fellowship (2011) and Advanced Heart Failure and… View more
Mandeep Mehra
Personal History Dr Mandeep R Mehra was born on December 3rd, 1967 in Delhi, India— the historic day Christiaan Barnard carried out the first human heart transplant.7 One of the country’s leading cardiologists in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation, he is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Medical Director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Heart… View more
Aniket S Rali
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DrAniket Rali was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and moved to the US in 2003. He subsequently earned his double bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He graduated with an MD from the University of Tennessee and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western University. Dr Rali completed a fellowship in cardiovascular… View more