• A pragmatic approach to the use of inotropes for the management of acute and advanced heart failure: an expert panel consensus 

      Farmakis, Dimtrios; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Baholli, Loant; Bautin, Andrei; Comin-Colet, Josep; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Fedele, Francesco; García-Pinilla, José Manuel; Giannakoulas, George; Grigioni, Francesco; Gruchała, Marcin; Gustafsson, Finn; Harjola, Veli-Pekka; Hasin, Tal; Herpain, Antoine; Iliodromitis, Efstathios K.; Karason, Kristjan; Kivikko, Matti; Liaudet, Lucas; Ljubas-Maček, Jana; Marini, Marco; Masip, Josep; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Nikolaou, Maria; Ostadal, Petr; Põder, Pentti; Pollesello, Piero; Polyzogopoulou, Eftihia; Pölzl, Gerhard; Tschope, Carsten; Varpula, Marjut; Lewinski, Dirk von; Vrtovec, Bojan; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Zima, Endre; Parissis, John (Elsevier, 2019-12-15)
      [Abstract] Inotropes aim at increasing cardiac output by enhancing cardiac contractility. They constitute the third pharmacological pillar in the treatment of patients with decompensated heart failure, the other two being ...
    • Advanced heart failure: a position statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Metra, Marco; Lund, Lars H.; Milicic, Davor; Costanzo, Maria Rosa; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Gustafsson, Finn; Tsui, Steven; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Frigerio, Maria; Hamdan, Righab; Hasin, Tal; Hülsmann, Martin; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Potena, Luciano; Bauersachs, Johann; Gkouziouta, Aggeliki; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Ristic, A.D.; Straburzynska-Migaj, Ewa; McDonagh, Theresa; Seferovic, Petar M.; Ruschitzka, Frank (Wiley, 2018-05-27)
      [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. ...
    • Guidance on the Management of Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Supported Patients for the Non-LVAD Specialist Healthcare Provider: Executive Summary 

      Ben-Gal, Tuvia; Ben-Avraham, Binyamin; Milicic, Davor; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Rosano, Giuseppe; Seferovic, Petar; Ruschitzka, Frank; Metra, Marco; Anker, Stefan; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Altenberger, Johann; Adamopoulos, Stamatis; Barac, Yaron D.; Chioncel, Ovidiu; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Elliston, Jeremy; Frigeiro, Maria; Goncalvesova, Eva; Gotsman, Israel; Grupper, Avishai; Hamdan, Righab; Hammer, Yoav; Hasin, Tal; Hill, Loreena; Ben-Zadok, Osnat Itzhaki; Abuhazira, Miriam; Lavee, Jacob; Mullens, Wifried; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Piepoli, Massimo F.; Ponikowski, Piotr; Potena, Luciano; Ristic, Arsen; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Shaul, Aviv; Tops, Laurens F.; Tsui, Steven; Winnik, Stephan; Jaarsma, Tiny; Gustafsson, Finn (Wiley, 2021-08-18)
      [Abstract] The accepted use of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology as a good alternative for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure together with the improved survival of patients on the device ...
    • Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Position Paper on the Management of Left Ventricular Assist Device-Supported Patients for the Non-left Ventricular Assist Device Specialist Healthcare Provider: Part 2: At the Emergency Department 

      Milicic, Davor; Ben-Avraham, Binyamin; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Barac, Yaron; Goncalvesova, Eva; Grupper, Avishai; Altenberger, Johann; Frigeiro, Maria; Ristic, Arsen; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Tsui, Steven; Lavee, Jacob; Rosano, Giuseppe; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Seferovic, Petar; Ruschitzka, Frank; Metra, Marco; Anker, Stefan; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Adamopoulos, Stamatis; Abuhazira, Miriam; Elliston, Jeremy; Gotsman, Israel; Hamdan, Righab; Hammer, Yoav; Hasin, Tal; Hill, Lorrena; Ben-Zadok, Osnat Itzhaki; Mullens, Wilfried; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Piepoli, Massimo; Ponikowski, Piotr; Potena, Luciano; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Shaul, Aviv; Tops, Laurens F.; Winnik, Stephan; Jaarsma, Tiny; Gustafsson, Finn; Ben-Gal, Tuvia (Wiley, 2021-09-14)
      [Abstract] The improvement in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology and scarcity of donor hearts have increased dramatically the population of the LVAD-supported patients and the probability of those patients ...
    • Heart transplantation: focus on donor recovery strategies, left ventricular assist devices, and novel therapies 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Costanzo, María Rosa; Gustafsson, Finn; Khush, Kiran K.; Macdonald, Peter S.; Potena, Luciano; Stehlik, Josef; Zuckermann, Andreas; Mehra, Mandeep R. (Oxford Academic, 2022-06-14)
      [Abstract] Heart transplantation is advocated in selected patients with advanced heart failure in the absence of contraindications. Principal challenges in heart transplantation centre around an insufficient and underutilized ...
    • HFA of the ESC Position Paper on the Management of LVAD Supported Patients for the non LVAD Specialist Healthcare Provider Part 1: Introduction and at the Non-hospital Settings in the Community 

      Ben-Avraham, Binyamin; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Gotsman, Israel; Seferovic, Petar; Hasin, Tal; Potena, Luciano; Milicic, Davor; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Rosano, Giuseppe; Ruschitzka, Frank; Metra, Marco; Anker, Stefan; Altenberger, Johann; Adamopoulos, Stamatis; Barac, Yaron; Chioncel, Ovidiu; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Elliston, Jeremy; Frigeiro, Maria; Goncalvesova, Eva; Grupper, Avishai; Hamdan, Righab; Hammer, Yoav; Hill, Lorrena; Ben-Zadok, Osnat Itzhaki; Abuhazira, Miriam; Lavee, Jacob; Mullens, Wilfried; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Piepoli, Massimo; Ponikowski, Piotr; Ristic, Arsen; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Shaul, Aviv; Tops, Laurens F.; Tsui, Steven; Winnik, Stephan; Jaarsma, Tiny; Gustafsson, Finn; Ben-Gal, Tuvia (Wiley, 2021-09-14)
      [Abstract] The accepted use of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology as a good alternative for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure together with the improved survival of the LVAD-supported ...
    • HFA of the ESC Position Paper on the Management of LVAD-Supported Patients for the Non-LVAD Specialist Healthcare Provider Part 3: At the Hospital and Discharge 

      Gustafsson, Finn; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Hasin, Tal; Grupper, Avishai; Shaul, Aviv; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Hammer, Yoav; Mullens, Wilfried; Tops, Laurens F.; Elliston, Jeremy; Tsui, Steven; Milicic, Davor; Altenberger, Johann; Abuhazira, Miriam; Winnik, Stephan; Lavee, Jacob; Piepoli, Massimo; Hill, Lorrena; Hamdan, Righab; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Anker, Stephan; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Metra, Marco; Rosano, Giuseppe; Seferovic, Petar; Ruschitzka, Frank; Adamopoulos, Stamatis; Barac, Yaron; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Frigeiro, Maria; Goncalvesova, Eva; Gotsman, Israel; Ponikowski, Piotr; Potena, Luciano; Ristic, Arsen; Jaarsma, Tiny; Gal, Tuvia Ben; Ben-Avraham, Binyamin; Ben-Zadok, Osnat Itzhaki (Wiley, 2021-09-28)
      [Abstract] The growing population of left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-supported patients increases the probability of an LVAD- supported patient hospitalized in the internal or surgical wards with certain expected ...