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Author(s):
Ivo Planinc
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Davor Milicic
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Maja Cikes
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) affects more than 2% of the adult population worldwide; it is responsible for about 1 million hospitalisations per year in the US and it carries a high mortality risk.1 Recent population data indicate overall better survival rates, albeit with greater healthcare costs.1 Altogether, HF syndrome represents one of the biggest challenges to modern medicine, and places an enormous…
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Author(s):
Ferdinando Iellamo
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Barbara Sposato
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Maurizio Volterrani
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3 years ago
The contemporary treatment planning of heart failure (HF) is based on guideline-directed medical therapy recommendations. The management of HF patients at home has become more driven by symptoms and nurse evaluation, as well as by simple monitoring techniques, such as daily weight measurements, to adjust diuretictherapy.
Noninvasive Monitoring
Nowadays, technological developments have made it…
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Author(s):
Gian Franco Gensini
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Camilla Alderighi
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Raffaele Rasoini
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et al
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3 years ago
Telehealth is a multiform term embracing the applications of telematics to medicine, in order to enable diagnosis and/or treatment remotely through a set of communication tools, including phones, smartphones and mobile wireless devices, with or without a video connection.1
Until a few years ago, digital applications in medicine were restricted to the use of data obtained from electronic health…
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Author(s):
Darshan H Brahmbhatt
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Martin R Cowie
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is increasing in prevalence globally, and is associated with considerable ill health, healthcare costs and mortality. Prevalence increases steeply with age, and the average age of a person admitted to hospital with decompensation in developed countries such as the UK is in the high 70s.1 Comorbidity is the rule, with half of hospitalised patients having at least five…
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Author(s):
Juan Carlos López-Azor
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Noelia de la Torre
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María Dolores García-Cosío Carmena
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et al
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1 year ago
Author(s):
José Silva-Cardoso
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José Ramón González Juanatey
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Josep Comin-Colet
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Domenico D’Amario
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Francesco Canonico
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Daniele Rodolico
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et al
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome associated with a heavy burden of symptoms and a wide range of therapeutic options.1–5 Despite improvements in HF management over past decades, we still need approaches that might mitigate the effects of this disease, preventing its insidious onset and worsening of symptoms, such as acute decompensations. A trend has recently emerged to extend the…
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Author(s):
Wan Xian Chan
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Weiqin Lin
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Raymond Ching Chiew Wong
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3 years ago
Southeast Asian nations are increasingly facing a higher burden of cardiovascular risk factors,1 which in turn correlate with a propensity towards cardiac-related diseases including heart failure (HF). In Singapore, HF is the most common cardiac cause of hospitalisation, accounting for 17 % of all cardiac admissions2 In 2015, public hospitals recorded in excess of 5,700 unique HF admissions.3 The…
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Javier de Juan Bagudá
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