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Aortic valve stenosis (AS) shows a high prevalence in Western civilizations with an increasing incidence and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. AS is a degenerative disease and therefore the main reason for the increasing prevalence is the higher proportion of elderly patients in
This is a prospective observational study. This a multicenter study involving 4 Italian Cardiology Units (Ferrara, Cento, Forlì, Ravenna).
The study is expected to enroll at least 400 consecutive patients with ≥70 years, which are admitted to our cardiovascular departement for:
- GROUP A: acute
The inclusion criteria were hospitalization for decompensated heart failure defined by worsening of symptoms until fatigue or dyspnea at rest, low cardiac output defined by the clinical-hemodynamic profile, dobutamine dependence, and ejection fraction < 0.45, spontaneous breathing and receiving
We will evaluate left ventricular diastolic function noninvasively by echocardiography before and after the intervention. Exclusion criteria include coronary artery disease, significant valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease and renal insufficiency. We would like to enroll 50
Step 1: Patient selection
The first step in the EGHEM/EGAM process is appropriate patient selection. Patients who have any of the following cardiovascular risk factors and/or comorbidities and are scheduled for a non-cardiac surgery are candidates for EGHEM/EGAM:
1. Urology/gynecology/General
Subjects will be recruited via physicians and nurses providing their care in clinical sites who are members of PC-HEART. PC-HEART is a volunteer collaborative with clinician-investigators at 60 sites nationally that include hospice organizations and heart failure providers in academic, Health