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Author(s):
Emilia D’Elia
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Michele Senni
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3 years ago
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has reached a pandemic level worldwide.1 Bergamo was the first western town affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and has the sad record of being the city with the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, not only in the Lombardy region but also throughout Italy and the world. The first…
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Nadja Scherbakov
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Wolfram Doehner
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome with more than 15 million diagnosed cases worldwide.1,2 Characterised by structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection fraction (EF)3, HF is frequently accompanied by multiple comorbidities. Brain disorders, including stroke, mental disturbances and cognitive impairment are distinct from the comorbidities traditionally…
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Author(s):
Sunil K Nadar
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Muhammad Mujtaba Shaikh
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3 years ago
The National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Definitions Working Group define a biomarker as “a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention”.1 Biomarkers have become increasingly important in current medical practice as they offer an easy way to either…
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Author(s):
Fraser J Graham
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Antonio Iaconelli
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Piotr Sonecki
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et al
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9 months ago
Author(s):
Andrew JS Coats
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Louise G Shewan
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3 years ago
What is Heart Failure?
Heart failure (HF) is a diagnosis made on clinical grounds, requiring at its simplest only a clinical history and physical examination findings, although, of course, certain investigations can help, especially imaging to assess left ventricular (LV) mechanical function. Unlike cancer, or even myocardial infarction (MI), there is no pathological or biochemical test that is…
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Author(s):
Sunil K Nadar
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Osama Tariq
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3 years ago
The latest guidelines on the diagnosis and management of heart failure (HF) published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) introduced a new class of HF: HF with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF).1 This was in addition to the previously-defined classes: HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), in which the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is below 40%, and HF with preserved…
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Axel S. Merseberger
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Job title: Chairman, Clinic of Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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Qiong (Joan) Zhao
Research Area(s) / Expertise:
Job title: Medical Director
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Eva Prescott
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Job title: Professor at Bispebjerg Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Robert Zukermann
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Job title: Director of Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit
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