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Open AccessStrategy for an early simultaneous introduction of four-pillars of heart failure therapy: results from a single center experience
The 2021 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines recommend the use of four different classes of drugs for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): beta blockers (BB), sodium-glucose cotran...
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Open AccessTelemedicine: an Effective and Low-Cost Lesson From the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Management of Heart Failure Patients
The purpose of this review is to explore the benefits and controversies that telemedicine (TM), applied to patients with heart failure (HF), can provide in terms of diagnosis, therapeutic management, and progn...
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Open AccessMedical Management of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
The purpose of this review is to overview the most relevant and recent knowledge regarding medical management in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
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Open AccessThe Role of MicroRNA in the Myocarditis: a Small Actor for a Great Role
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardium secondary to a variety of agents such as infectious pathogens, toxins, drugs, and autoimmune disorders. In our review, we provide an overview of miRNA biogenesi...
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Open AccessSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and heart failure: the best timing for the right patient
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), initially born as anti-diabetic drugs, have shown many beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, in particular against heart failure (HF). HF is a com...
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Open AccessDirect oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation and cancer a meta-analysis
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are recommended as first-line anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, in patients with cancer and AF the efficacy and safety of DOACs are not well ...
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Electrocardiographic features, map** and ablation of idiopathic outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias
Idiopathic outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias are ventricular tachycardias or premature ventricular contractions presumably not related to myocardial scar or disorders of ion channels. These arrhythmias hav...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Structural and myocardial dysfunction in heart failure beyond ejection fraction
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.
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Open AccessStructural and myocardial dysfunction in heart failure beyond ejection fraction
Heart failure is a multifaceted syndrome addressing for a high rate of death among the general population. The common approach to this disease has been always based on the evaluation of the left ventricular ej...
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Open AccessRole of genetic polymorphisms of ion channels in the pathophysiology of coronary microvascular dysfunction and ischemic heart disease
Conventionally, ischemic heart disease (IHD) is equated with large vessel coronary disease. However, recent evidence has suggested a role of compromised microvascular regulation in the etiology of IHD. Because...
