Publications by authors named "Georgiana Luisa Baca"
Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic value (total mortality + repeated hospitalization for heart failure (HF)) of ultrasound diagnostic methods in patients with acute decompensated HF (ADHF).
Methods: The subjects were patients with chronic HF, who were hospitalized for ADHF. Using ultrasound methods-lung ultrasound, ultrasound assessment of hepatic venous congestion as per the venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol, and indirect elastometry-we assessed the number of B-lines, hepatic venous congestion, and liver density of the patients.
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbid condition in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Reported outcome studies on the association of baseline CKD and mortality is currently limited.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing TAVR and analyse their overall procedural outcomes.
Article Synopsis
- This study evaluated clinical outcomes of patients with acute heart failure (AHF) in the Arabian Gulf, specifically looking at those with mitral regurgitation (MR) across 47 hospitals.
- Of the 5005 patients analyzed, 29.8% had MR, with an average age of about 59 years, and showed significant comorbidities including lower hemoglobin levels and higher rates of left atrial enlargement and cardiogenic shock.
- Results indicated that MR was linked to a higher risk of all-cause mortality after one year and a greater chance of hospitalization for heart failure within three months.
Background: Right ventricular failure (RVF) in patients with a continuous-flow left ventricle assist device (CF-LVAD) is associated with higher incidence of mortality. This systematic review aims to assess the overall proportion of RVF and the pre-operative echocardiographic parameters which are best correlating to RVF.
Methods: A systematic research was conducted between 2008 and 2019 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, PUBMED, UPTODATE, OVID, COCHRANE LIBRARY, and Google Scholar electronic databases by performing a PRISMA flowchart.
Heart failure is an acute or chronic syndrome where the heart is unable to provide adequate amount of oxygen to body tissues. The treatment of heart failure aims to give an immediate answer in terms of regression of volume overload and restoration of hemodynamic stability and then to ensure management of clinical exacerbation, reduction in hospital stay, and increasing of survival. The pharmacological treatment of heart failure includes drugs with different strength of evidence.
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