• Efficacy and safety of intermittent intravenous outpatient administration of levosimendan in patients with advanced heart failure: the LION‐HEART multicentre randomised trial 

      Comín-Colet, Josep; Manito, Nicolás; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; García-Pinilla, José Manuel; Almenar, Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Sionis, Alessandro; Blasco, Teresa; Pascual Figal, Domingo A.; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Grau, María; Bruguera, Jordi (Wiley, 2018)
      [Abstract] Aims. The LION‐HEART study was a multicentre, double‐blind, randomised, parallel‐group, placebo‐controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of intravenous administration of intermittent doses of levosimendan ...
    • Empleo del balón de contrapulsación intraaórtico como puente al trasplante cardiaco en España: resultados del estudio ASIS-TC 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Delgado, Juan F.; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; González-Costello, José; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Rábago-Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2018)
      [Resumen] Introducción y objetivos. En España, el balón de contrapulsación intraaórtico (BCIA) se ha usado frecuentemente como puente al trasplante cardiaco (TxC) urgente. El propósito es analizar los resultados de esta ...
    • Epidemiological study of tricuspid regurgitation after cardiac transplantation: does it influence survival? 

      López-Vilella, Raquel; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Donoso Trenado, Víctor; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Sánchez-Lázaro, Ignacio; Aller Fernández, Ana Vanesa; Martínez-Dolz, Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Almenar-Bonet, Luis (Frontiers, 2022-03-21)
      [Abstract] Background: Tricuspid valve disease is the most frequent valvulopathy after heart transplantation (HTx). Evidence for the negative effect of post-transplant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) on survival is contradictory. ...
    • Epidemiology and one‐year outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved, mid‐range and reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the ESC Heart Failure Long‐Term Registry 

      Chioncel, Ovidiu; Lainscak, Mitja; Seferovic, Petar M.; Anker, Stefan; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Harjola, Veli-Pekka; Parissis, John; Laroche, Cecile; Piepoli, Massimo Francesco; Fonseca, Candida; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Lund, Lars H.; Ambrosio, Giuseppe A.; Coats, Andrew J.; Ferrari, Roberto; Ruschitzka, Frank; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Filippatos, Gerasimos (Wiley, 2017-04-06)
      [Abstract] AIMS: The objectives of the present study were to describe epidemiology and outcomes in ambulatory heart failure (HF) patients stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and to identify predictors ...
    • Estado serológico frente a Toxoplasma gondii en receptores de trasplante cardiaco: ¿un factor pronóstico independiente? 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Berbeito-Caamaño, Cayetana; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Couto-Mallón, David; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Marzoa Rivas, Raquel; Solla-Buceta, Miguel; Estévez-Cid, Francisco; Herrera-Noreña, José M.; Cuenca-Castillo, José J.; Vázquez Rodríguez, José Manuel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2016-08-31)
      [Resumen] Introducción y objetivos. Analizar la influencia pronóstica del estado serológico frente a Toxoplasma gondii en receptores de trasplante cardiaco (TC). Métodos. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo unicéntrico ...
    • European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long‐Term Registry (ESC‐HF‐LT): 1‐year follow‐up outcomes and differences across regions 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Anker, Stefan; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Coats, Andrew J.; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Ruschitzka, Frank; Ferrari, Roberto; Piepoli, Massimo Francesco; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; Metra, Marco; Fonseca, Candida; Hradec, Jaromir; Amir, Offer; Logeart, Damien; Dahlström, Ulf; Merkely, Bela; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Goncalvesova, Eva; Hassanein, Mahmoud; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Lainscak, Mitja; Seferovic, Petar M.; Tousoulis, Dimitris; Kavoliunene, Ausra; Fruhwald, Friedrich; Fazlibegovic, Emir; Temizhan, Ahmet; Gatzov, Plamen; Erglis, Andrejs; Laroche, Cecile; Mebazaa, Alexandre (Wiley, 2016-06-20)
      [Abstract] AIMS: The European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry (ESC-HF-LT-R) was set up with the aim of describing the clinical epidemiology and the 1-year outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF) ...
    • Evaluation of humoral immunity profiles to identify heart recipients at risk for development of severe infections: a multicenter prospective study 

      Sarmiento, Elizabeth; Jaramillo, María; Calahorra, Leticia; Fernández-Yáñez, Juan; Gómez-Sánchez, Miguel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Cebrián, Mónica; Rábago, Gregorio; Levy, Beltrán; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; López, Javier; Mirabet, Sonia; Navarro, Joaquín; Rodríguez-Molina, Juan José; Fernández-Cruz, Eduardo; Carbone, Javier (Elsevier, 2017)
      [Abstract] BACKGROUND: New biomarkers are necessary to improve detection of the risk of infection in heart transplantation. We performed a multicenter study to evaluate humoral immunity profiles that could better enable ...
    • Exercise training in patients with ventricular assist devices: a review of the evidence and practical advice. A position paper from the Committee on Exercise Physiology and Training and the Committee of Advanced Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology 

      Adamapoulos, Stamatis; Corrá, Ugo; Laoutaris, Ioannis D.; Pistono, Massimo; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Cornelis, Justien; Davos, Constantinos H.; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Lund, Lars H.; Jaarsma, Tiny; Ruschitzka, Frank; Seferovic, Petar M.; Schmid, Jean-Paul; Volterrani, Maurizio; Piepoli, Massimo F. (Wiley, 2018-11-26)
      [Abstract] Exercise training (ET) and secondary prevention measures in cardiovascular disease aim to stimulate early physical activity and to facilitate recovery and improve health behaviours. ET has also been proposed ...
    • Expression of epicardial adipose tissue thermogenic genes in patients with reduced and preserved ejection fraction heart failure 

      Pérez-Belmonte, Luis M.; Moreno-Santos, Inmaculada; Gómez Doblas, Juan José; García-Pinilla, José Manuel; Morcillo-Hidalgo, Luis; Garrido-Sánchez, Lourdes; Santiago-Fernández, Concepción; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Carrasco-Chinchilla, Fernando; Sánchez-Fernández, Pedro L.; Teresa Galván, Eduardo de; Jiménez-Navarro, Manuel (Ivyspring, 2017-07-20)
      [Abstract] Epicardial adipose tissue has been proposed to participate in the pathogenesis of heart failure. The aim of our study was to assess the expression of thermogenic genes (Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), peroxisome ...
    • Expression of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins in epicardial adipose tissue in patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus: preliminary study 

      Pérez-Belmonte, Luis M.; Moreno-Santos, Inmaculada; Cabrera-Bueno, Fernando; Sánchez-Espín, Gemma; Castellano, Daniel; Such, Miguel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Carrasco-Chinchilla, Fernando; Alonso-Pulpón, Luis; López-Garrido, Miguel; Ruiz-Salas, Amalio; Becerra-Muñoz, Víctor M.; Gómez Doblas, Juan José; Teresa Galván, Eduardo de; Jiménez-Navarro, Manuel (Ivyspring, 2017-02-23)
      [Abstract] Objectives: Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP) genes are crucial in lipid biosynthesis and cardiovascular homeostasis. Their expression in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and their influence in ...
    • Extracellular Matrix in Heart Failure: Role of ADAMTS5 in Proteoglycan Remodeling 

      Barallobre-Barreiro, Javier; Radovits, Tamás; Fava, Marika; Mayr, Ursula; Lin, Wen-Yu; Ermolaeva, Elizaveta; Martínez-López, Diego; Lindberg, Eric L.; Duregotti, Elisa; Daróczi, László; Hasman, Maria; Schmidt, Lukas E.; Singh, Bhawana; Lu, Ruifang; Baig, Ferheen; Siedlar, Aleksandra Malgorzata; Cuello, Friederike; Catiborg, Norman; Theofilatos, Konstantinos; Shah, Ajay M.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Doménech, Nieves; Hübner, Norbert; Merkely, Béla; Mayr, Manuel (American Heart Association, 2021-11-22)
      [Abstract] Background: Remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is a hallmark of heart failure (HF). Our previous analysis of the secretome of murine cardiac fibroblasts returned ADAMTS5 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase ...
    • Fifteen-year differences in indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy in international guidelines—insights from the heart failure registries of the European Society of Cardiology 

      Tyminska, Agata; Ozieranski, Krzysztof; Brociek, Emil; Kaplon-Cieslicka, Agnieszka; Balsam, Pawel; Marchel, Michal; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Opolski, Grzegorz; Grabowski, Marcin (MDPI, 2022-06-06)
      [Abstract] Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) applied to selected patients with heart failure (HF) improves their prognosis. In recent years, eligibility criteria for CRT have regularly changed. This study aimed to ...
    • Flow obstruction of continuous-flow ventricular assist devices: diagnosis and treatment of an uncommon problem 

      Couto-Mallón, David; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Salgado-Fernández, Jorge; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Cuenca-Castillo, José J.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2020-05-04)
    • 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 ...
    • Health‐related quality of life, social support, and caregiver burden between six and 120 months after heart transplantation: a Spanish multicenter cross‐sectional study 

      Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Brossa-Loidi, Vicens; Fernández-Yáñez, Juan; Díaz Molina, Beatriz; Pascual Figal, Domingo A.; Lage-Gallé, Ernesto; Sanz-Julve, Marisa; Manito-Lorite, Nicolás; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Wiley, 2015-06-15)
      [Abstract] A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the current heart transplant (HTx) outcomes in Spain. Clinical and functional status, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), social support, and ...
    • 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 and left ventricular assist systems: not too early, not too late 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Wiley, 2017-11-16)
    • 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 ...