Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 986
Special Issue Editor
Interests: heart failure; pulmonary hypertension; ventricular assist devices
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heart failure (HF) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Different etiologies can cause HF, including congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. Patients with HF have a reduced quality of life and suffer from chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, and cardiac arrhythmias. Treatment of HF involves pharmacotherapy, interventional cardiology, and cardiac surgery. Patients with HF often have cardiac arrhythmias requiring the implantation of cardiac devices such as pacemaker, ICD, or CRT systems. In advanced HF, temporary mechanical circulatory support or the permanent implantation of ventricular assist devices may be mandatory.
This Special Issue will contain a selection of papers highlighting the current challenges in heart failure and cardiac transplantation. We welcome the submission of original research (basic research or clinical research) and review manuscripts focusing on the diagnosis, risk factors, treatment, and prognosis of as well as novel approaches to cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathies, congenital heart defects, heart failure, heart transplantation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, mechanical circulatory support, and ventricular assist devices.
Dr. David Dobarro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heart failure
- heart transplantation
- cardiology
- ventricular assist devices
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