Publications by authors named "A Matali"
Background And Objectives: Heart failure (HF) is a complex disease with high prevalence, incidence and mortality rates leading to high healthcare burden. In Spain, there are multidisciplinary HF units coordinated by cardiology and internal medicine. Our objective is to describe its current organizational model and their adherence to the latest scientific recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Furthermore, CKD confers a considerable increase in the risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. In line with the need to improve knowledge in this field, this article aims to describe the renal endpoints used in the different cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the degree of glycemic control and the features of the disease and glucose-lowering treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Spain.
Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional epidemiological study in Spain with consecutive sampling. We recorded demographic and clinical variables of patients who were followed up in the center for >12 months.
Aim: To assess the predictive value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the diagnosis of heart failure (HF) in a primary-care setting in Spain.
Methods: PANAMA was a multicenter and cross-sectional study. Patients ≥18 years of age with a clinical diagnosis of HF (Framingham criteria) were consecutively included in the study by primary-care investigators.