• 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)
    • Furosemida subcutánea mediante infusor elastomérico en pacientes ambulatorios con insuficiencia cardiaca: experiencia inicial 

      Riveiro-Rodríguez, Cristina M.; Couto-Mallón, David; Naya-Leira, Carmen; Paniagua-Martín, María Jesús; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Sagastagoitia-Fornie, Marta; Mauriz-Montero, María José; Vázquez-Rodríguez, José Manuel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Asociación Española de Enfermería en Cardiología (AEEC), 2024-02-06)
      [Resumen] Introducción. Una causa frecuente de hospitalización en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca es congestión refractaria a diuréticos orales y se trata con furosemida intravenosa. La administración de furosemida ...
    • 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 rate control and its predictors in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm: data from the European Society of Cardiology Long-Term Registry 

      Tyminska, Agata; Ozieranski, Krzysztof; Wawrzacz, Marek; Balsam, Pawel; Maciejewski, Cezary; Kleszczewska, Magdalena; Zawadzka, Magdalena; Marchel, Michal; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Opolski, Grzegorz; Grabowski, Marcin; Kaplon-Cieslicka, Agnieszka (Via Medica, 2022-08-17)
      [Abstract] Background: Higher resting heart rate (HR) in patients with heart failure (HF) and sinus rhythm (SR) is associated with increased mortality. In patients hospitalized for HF, the aim herein, was to assess the ...
    • 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 ...
    • Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure Patients in Spain and Its Impact on Guidelines and Recommendations: ESC-EORP-HFA Heart Failure Long-Term Registry 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; González-Costello, José; López-Fernández, Silvia; García-Pinilla, José Manuel; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Juan-Bagudá, Javier de; Roig-Minguell, Eulalia; Bayés-Genís, Antoni; Sanz-Julve, Marisa; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Lara-Padrón, Antonio; Pérez-Ruiz, José María; Fernández-Vivancos Marquina, Carla; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Varela-Román, Alfonso; Torres-Calvo, Francisco; Andrés-Novales, Javier; Escudero-González, Aida; Pascual-Figal, Domingo A.; Ridocci-Soriano, Francisco; Sahuquillo-Martínez, Ana; Bierge-Valero, David; Epelde-Gonzalo, Francisco; Gallego-Page, Juan Carlos; Dalmau González-Gallarza, Regina; Bover-Freire, Ramón; Quiles-Granado, Juan; Pietro Maggioni, Aldo; Lund, Lars H.; Muñiz, Javier; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco (Elsevier, 2020-04)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives: Hyperkalemia is a growing concern in the treatment of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction because it limits the use of effective drugs. We report estimates of ...
    • Hyponatraemia and changes in natraemia during hospitalization for acute heart failure and associations with in-hospital and long-term outcomes – from the ESC-HFA EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry 

      Kaplon-Cieslicka, Agnieszka; Benson, Lina; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Anker, Stefan; Ruschitzka, Frank; Hage, Camilla; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Seferovic, Petar; Rosano, Giuseppe; Piepoli, Massimo; Mebazaa, Alexandre; McDonagh, Theresa; Lainscak, Mitja; Savarese, Gianluigi; Ferrari, Roberto; Mullens, Wilfried; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Lund, Lars H. (European Society of Cardiology, 2023-04-27)
      [Abstract] Aims: To comprehensively assess hyponatraemia in acute heart failure (AHF) regarding prevalence, associations, hospital course, and post-discharge outcomes. Methods and results: Of 8298 patients in the European ...
    • Impact of Donor-Recipient Age on Cardiac Transplant Survival. Subanalysis of the Spanish Heart Transplant Registry 

      López-Vilella, Raquel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Cobo, Manuel; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Mirabet, Sonia; González-Costello, José; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Rábago, Gregorio; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Otero, Déborah; Almenar-Bonet, Luis (Elsevier, 2020-06-26)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. The age of heart transplant recipients and donors is progressively increasing. It is likely that not all donor-recipient age combinations have the same impact on mortality. The ...
    • Impact of intrapatient blood level variability of calcineurin inhibitors on heart transplant outcomes 

      González-Vílchez, Francisco; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Mirabet, Sonia; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Rábago, Gregorio; Vázquez de Prada, José A. (Elsevier, 2021-03-18)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. Intrapatient blood level variability (IPV) of calcineurin inhibitors has been associated with poor outcomes in solid-organ transplant, but data for heart transplant are scarce. ...
    • Implante transaxilar del dispositivo de asistencia circulatoria Impella CP como puente al trasplante cardiaco: primera experiencia en España 

      Couto-Mallón, David; Estévez-Cid, Francisco; Solla-Buceta, Miguel; García-Velasco, Carlos; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Cuenca-Castillo, José J. (Elsevier, 2017-10-14)