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The march of pluripotent stem cells in cardiovascular regenerative medicine.
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BMC
, 2018 , Article Review)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Heart failure remains a major contributor to this mortality. Despite major therapeutic advances over the past decades, a ...
Prevalence and predictors of digoxin utilization among heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction in Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2017 , Article)
Background Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside that is recommended by clinical practice guidelines to be used in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who still have persistent symptoms despite ...
Economic Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Hospitalization Outcomes of Acute Heart Failure in the United States
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Other)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and it remains a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially that arising from heart failure (HF).1,2 AF imposes a ...
Is hypertension a predictor for heart failure? A cross cultural comparison over a 10-year period
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2005 , Article)
This was a retrospective cohort study to assess the effect of hypertension (HTN) among Qatari and Asian patients admitted to the Hamad General Hospital in Qatar with heart failure (HF) and to identify risk factors that ...
A review of smart sensors coupled with Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence approach for heart failure monitoring
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article)
Over the last decade, there has been a huge demand for health care technologies such as sensors-based prediction using digital health. With the continuous rise in the human population, these technologies showed to be ...
Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Heart Failure
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Heart Failure is a major chronic disease that is increasing day by day and a great health burden in health care systems world wide. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), ...
Colorimetry-based Detection of Exhaled Breath Biomarkers for Predicting Heart Failure
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
The exhaled breath volatile organic compounds (VOC's) represent a biosignature with the potential to identify and describe heart failure diseases. Exhaled Breath biomarkers-based diagnosis of heart diseases may be easier ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of dapagliflozin in addition to standard therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A Qatari healthcare perspective
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Dapagliflozin has been shown to reduce the risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). 1,2 This work aims to determine ...
Intermittent levosimendan infusion in ambulatory patients with end-stage heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 984 patients
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Springer
, 2021 , Article Review)
We sought to synthesize the available evidence regarding safety and efficacy of intermittent levosimendan (LEVO) infusions in ambulatory patients with end-stage heart failure (HF). Safety and efficacy of ambulatory ...
The Association Between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Medication Adherence Among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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Springer
, 2022 , Article)
This systematic review aimed to summarize the literature on the relationship between religiosity or spirituality (R/S) and medication adherence among patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and to describe the nature ...