• 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)
    • In-hospital heart rate reduction and its relation to outcomes of heart failure patients with sinus rhythm: results from the polish part of the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure pilot and long-term registries 

      Balsam, Pawel; Peller, Michal; Borodzicz, Sonia; Kaplon-Cieslicka, Agnieszka; Ozieranski, Krzysztof; Tyminska, Agata; Marchel, Michal; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Maggioni, Aldo; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Grabowski, Marcin; Filipiak, Krzysztof J.; Opolski, Grzegorz (Via Medica, 2018-08-29)
      [Abstract] Background: Currently, there is no information on whether in-hospital heart rate (HR) reduction has an influence on risk of death or rehospitalization. The study evaluates the relation between inhospital HR ...
    • In-Hospital Post-Operative Infection after Heart Transplantation: Epidemiology, Clinical Management, and Outcome 

      Gómez-López, Rocío; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Fernández-Ugidos, Paula; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Couto-Mallón, David; Solla-Buceta, Miguel; Velasco-García de Sierra, Carlos; Aller-Fernández, Vanesa; Fernández-Arias, Laura; Vázquez-Rodríguez, José Manuel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-02-13)
      [Abstract] Background: Infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation (HT). Little information about its importance in the immediate post-operative period is available. The aim of this ...
    • In-hospital postoperative infection after heart transplantation: risk factors and development of a novel predictive score 

      Fernández-Ugidos, Paula; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Gómez-López, Rocío; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Couto-Mallón, David; Solla-Buceta, Miguel; Iglesias-Gil, Carmen; Aller-Fernández, Vanesa; González-Barbeito, Miguel; Vázquez Rodríguez, José Manuel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Wiley, 2019-05-11)
      [Abstract] Introduction: Infection is one of the most significant complications following heart transplantation (HT). The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors for early postoperative infections in HT ...
    • Incidence and prognosis of colorectal cancer after heart transplantation: data from the spanish post-heart transplant tumor registry 

      Sagastagoitia-Fornie, Marta; Morán-Fernández, Laura; Blázquez-Bermejo, Zorba; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; López Granados, Amador; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; García-Romero, Elena; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Rábago Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Castel-Lavilla, María Ángeles; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Frontiers, 2023-05)
      [Abstract] In this observational and multicenter study, that included all patients who underwent a heart transplantation (HT) in Spain from 1984 to 2018, we analyzed the incidence, management, and prognosis of colorectal ...
    • Incidence, Risk Factors and Prognostic Impact of Cytomegalovirus Infection After Heart Transplantation 

      Méndez-Eirín, Elizabet; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Couto-Mallón, David; Grille Cancela, Zulaika; Blanco-Canosa, Paula; Cañizares-Castellanos, Angelina; González Barbeito, Miguel; Aller Fernández, Ana Vanesa; Vázquez Rodríguez, José Manuel; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2020-03-20)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. To assess the risk factors of CMV infection after heart transplant (HT) and its influence on long-term prognosis. Methods. We conducted a retrospective single-centre study of ...
    • Indications, complications, and outcomes of cardiac surgery after heart transplantation: results from the cash study 

      Gökler, Johannes; Aliabadi-Zuckermann, Arezu Z.; Kaider, Alexandra; Ambardekar, Amrut V.; Antretter, Herwig; Artemiou, Panagiotis; Bertolotti, Alejandro M.; Boeken, Udo; Brossa, Vicens; Copeland, Hannah; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Eixeré-Esteve, Andrea; Epailly, Eric; Farag, Mina; Hulman, Michal; Khush, Kiran K.; Masetti, Marco; Patel, Jignesh; Ross, Heather J.; Rudez, Igor; Silvestry, Scott; Martín Suárez, Sofía; Vest, Amanda; Zuckermann, Andreas O. (Frontiers, 2022-06-09)
      [Abstract] Background: Allograft pathologies, such as valvular, coronary artery, or aortic disease, may occur early and late after cardiac transplantation. Cardiac surgery after heart transplantation (CASH) may be an option ...
    • Individualizing the treatment of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a journey from hospitalization to long-term outpatient care 

      Escobar, Carlos; Bonilla-Palomas, Juan Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Esteban-Fernández, Alberto; Farré, Nuria; García, Ana; Núñez, Julio (Taylor & Francis, 2022-08-31)
      [Abstract] Introduction: Despite the relevant advances achieved thanks to the traditional step-by-step therapeutic approach, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remains associated with considerable morbidity ...
    • Infectious complications associated with short-term mechanical circulatory support in urgent heart transplant candidates 

      Solla-Buceta, Miguel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; González-Costello, José; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Rábago, Gregorio; De-la-Fuente Galán, Luis; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Mirabet, Sonia; Muñiz, Javier; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2021-02-27)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. Short-term mechanical circulatory support is frequently used as a bridge to heart transplant in Spain. The epidemiology and prognostic impact of infectious complications in these ...