Publications by authors named "Daniel Quesada-Chaves"
Aims: Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent and progressive condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. Acute decompensated HF precipitates millions of hospitalizations each year. Despite therapeutic advances, the overall prognosis of HF is poor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: About 80% of cardiovascular diseases (including heart failure [HF]) occur in low-income and developing countries. However, most clinical trials are conducted in developed countries.
Hypothesis: The American Registry of Ambulatory or Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure (AMERICCAASS) aims to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of HF, comorbidities, clinical presentation, and pharmacological management of patients with ambulatory or acutely decompensated HF in America.
COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures have disrupted lifestyle habits and self-care. Gender differences in health behavior during the pandemic have not yet been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to evaluate gender related differences in the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with cardiometabolic diseases.
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- The "Stress echo (SE) 2020" trial investigates innovative uses of stress echocardiography (SE) for diagnosing coronary artery disease and includes a lung ultrasound component to assess pulmonary congestion.
- A group of 60 readers from 16 countries undertook a training module before evaluating video clips of lung ultrasounds, aiming for a high diagnostic accuracy and standardized reading criteria.
- All readers achieved accreditation with an average diagnostic accuracy of 95%, and even those new to B-lines scoring performed comparably to experts, highlighting the effectiveness of the web-based quality control training.
Validation of a Spanish Version of the Information Needs in Cardiac Rehabilitation Scale to Assess Information Needs and Preferences in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
J Cardiovasc Nurs
November 2019
Background: The identification of information needs is considered the first step to increase knowledge that ultimately could improve health outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation (CR).
Objective: The aim of this study was to psychometrically validate the Spanish Information Needs in Cardiac Rehabilitation (INCR).
Methods: The Spanish INCR was psychometrically tested in 184 patients undergoing CR.
Background: The trial "Stress Echo (SE) 2020" evaluates novel applications of SE beyond coronary artery disease. The aim of the study was control quality and harmonize reading criteria.
Methods: One reader from 78 centers of the SE 2020 network asked for credentials to read a set of 20 SE video-clips selected by the core lab.