Role of frailty on cardiac rehabilitation in hospitalized older patients.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability in the world, especially in the older adults. A relevant proportion of patients admitted to Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) may suffer from frailty, a complex geriatric syndrome with multifactorial aetiology.

Aims: The hypothesis underlying the study is that frailty complicates the management of older patients undergoing CR.

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance and Endothelial Function in Convalescent COVID-19 Patients.

Background: Endothelial dysfunction has been proposed as the common pathogenic background of most manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Among these, some authors also reported an impaired exercise response during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). We aimed to explore the potential association between endothelial dysfunction and the reduced CPET performance in COVID-19 survivors.

New-Onset Cancer in the HF Population: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management.

Purpose Of Review: Oncological treatments are known to induce cardiac toxicity, but the impact of new-onset cancer in patients with pre-existing HF remains unknown. This review focuses on the epidemiology, pathophysiological mechanisms, and clinical implications of HF patients who develop malignancies.

Recent Findings: Novel findings suggest that HF and cancer, beside common risk factors, are deeply linked by shared pathophysiological mechanisms.