Publications by authors named "M Cobo-Marcos"
Destination Therapy Strategies of Advanced Heart Failure in Elderly Non-Heart Transplant Candidates: A Propensity Matching Analysis from the LEVO-D and REGALAD Registries.
Life (Basel)
November 2024
Heart transplantation (HT) is the gold standard therapy for advanced heart failure (ADHF), and LVADs as destination therapy are an option in non-HT candidates. Most patients with ADHF never receive HT or an LVAD, so alternative strategies are needed. Intermittent levosimendan can reduce HF hospitalizations in ADHF patients in the short term.
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- The study investigates the incidence, mechanisms, and predictors of sudden death (SD) in patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a serious heart condition.
- It analyzed data from 784 patients with either ATTR or AL cardiac amyloidosis, finding that SD is more common in AL patients compared to those with ATTR.
- Key risk factors for SD include previous pacemaker implantation for ATTR patients and the use of beta-blockers and advanced heart failure symptoms (NYHA III-IV) for AL patients.
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- Self-care and empowerment in heart failure (HF) patients are crucial for better health outcomes, but there is limited information on their understanding of the condition and satisfaction with care.
- A study involving 281 patients from 14 heart failure units revealed that patients had a good grasp of their condition, with an average knowledge score of 80.7%, although some gaps remain.
- Despite these knowledge gaps, the majority of participants expressed high satisfaction with their care, with 98.2% likely to recommend the heart failure units to others.
Introduction: A comprehensive assessment of congestion, including circulating biomarkers, is recommended in patients with acute heart failure. The circulating biomarkers natriuretic peptides (NPs) and carbohydrate antigen-125 (CA125) could be useful for congestion assessment in ambulatory chronic heart failure (CHF), but there is only limited information about their applicability in this context. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association of plasma CA125 and NP levels with clinical and ultrasound congestion parameters in CHF.
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