Egidio Traversi

TL;DR: Reduced short-term LFP during controlled breathing is a powerful predictor of sudden death in patients with CHF that is independent of many other variables, and refine the identification of patients who may benefit from prophylactic implantation of a cardiac defibrillator.

TL;DR: Reversible AF occurring during follow-up and lower mitral flow velocity at atrial contraction as detected at the last evaluation in SR were independent predictors of the subsequent development of chronic AF.

TL;DR: To evaluate whether the clinical and echocardiographic correlates and the prognostic significance of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are different in heart failure patients with reduced (HFrEF), mid‐range (HFmrEF), or preserved (HFpEF) left ventricular ejection fraction, a large number of patients with HFrEF, mid-range, or preserved patients are surveyed.

TL;DR: In patients with chronic heart failure, MFVPs provide independent prognostic information and their prognostic value can be further increased by assessment of the changes induced in them by loading manipulations.

TL;DR: The concomitant factors implicated in 328 nonfatal decompensations of 304 patients with congestive heart failure were: arrhythmias in 24%, infections in 23%, poor compliance in 15%, angina in 14%, iatrogenic factors in 10%, and other causes in 5% of cases.