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Advanced Heart Failure: Definition, Epidemiology, and Clinical Course
Maria Generosa Crespo-Leiro1, Eduardo Barge-Caballero2
1Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Xubias 84, 15006 A Coruña, Spain; Instituto Investigación Biomedica A Coruña (INIBIC); Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red Cardiovascular (CIBERCV); Universidade da Coruña (UDC).
Abstract:
Advanced heart failure (HF) is characterized by a progressive worsening of symptoms disabling for daily life, refractory to all therapies, and with high mortality. These patients may be candidates for life-prolonging therapies, such as heart transplantation (HT) or long-term (LT) mechanical circulatory support (MCS) or must just require palliative therapies. The 1-year survival after HT and/or LT-MCS is approaching 80% to 90%, being patient selection and timely referral to advanced HF centers critical for optimal outcomes. There is no single symptom, sign, or test that can identify these patients and different classifications are complementary and helpful for clinical decision-making.
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