• 2019 EACTS Expert Consensus on long-term mechanical circulatory support 

      Potapov, Evgenij V.; Antonides, Christiaan; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Combes, Alain; Färber, Gloria; Hannan, Margaret M.; Kukucka, Marian; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Loforte, Antonio; Lund, Lars H.; Mohacsi, Paul; Morshuis, Michiel; Netuka, Ivan; Özbaran, Mustafa; Pappalardo, Federico; Scandroglio, Anna Mara; Schweiger, Martin; Tsui, Steven; Zimpfer, Daniel; Gustafsson, Fin (Oxford, 2019-05-17)
      [Abstract] Long-term mechanical circulatory support (LT-MCS) is an important treatment modality for patients with severe heart failure. Different devices are available, and many—sometimes contradictory—observations regarding ...
    • Advanced heart failure: definition, epidemiology, and clinical course 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2021-07-15)
      [Abstract] Advanced heart failure (HF) is characterized by a progressive worsening of symptoms disabling for daily life, refractory to all therapies, and with high mortality. These patients may be candidates for life-prolonging ...
    • Current management of patients with severe acute peripartum cardiomyopathy: practical guidance from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy 

      Bauersachs, Johann; Arrigo, Mattia; Hilfiker-Kleiner, Denise; Veltmann, Christian; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; De Boer, Rudolf A.; van der Meer, Peter; Maack, Christoph; Mouquet, Frederic; Petrie, Mark C.; Piepoli, Massimo Francesco; Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera; Schaufelberger, Maria; Seferovic, Petar M.; Tavazzi, Luigi; Ruschitzka, Frank; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Sliwa, Karen (Wiley, 2016-06-23)
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Inotropic therapy in patients with advanced heart failure: a clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology 

      Gustafsson, Finn; Damman, Kevin; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Van Laake, Linda W.; Tops, Laurens F.; Thum, Thomas; Adamopoulos, Stamatis; Bonios, Michael; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Mehra, Mandeep R.; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Hill, Loreena; Metra, Marco; Jankowska, Ewa; de Jonge, Nicolaas; Kaye, David; Masetti, Marco; Parissis, John; Milicic, Davor; Seferovic, Petar; Rosano, Giuseppe; Ben Gal, Tuvia (John Wiley & Sons, 2023-02-27)
      [Abstract] This clinical consensus statement reviews the use of inotropic support in patients with advanced heart failure. The current guidelines only support use of inotropes in the setting of acute decompensated heart ...
    • Prognostic value of serum lactate levels in patients undergoing urgent heart transplant: a subanalysis of the ASIS-TC spanish multicenter study 

      Couto-Mallón, David; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; González-Costello, José; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Castel-Lavilla, María A.; 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, 2018-05-30)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. To study the prognostic value of serum lactate in patients under temporary preoperative mechanical circulatory support who underwent urgent heart transplant. Methods. We conducted ...
    • Temporal trends in the use and outcomes of temporary mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in Spain. Final report of the ASIS-TC study 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; García-Cosío, María Dolores; González-Costello, José; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Castel-Lavilla, María Ángeles; Lambert-Rodríguez, José Luis; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Rábago Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2022-11-09)
      [Abstract] Background: We aimed to describe recent trends in the use and outcomes of temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) in Spain. Methods: Retrospective case-by-case ...