• The patient perspective: Quality of life in advanced heart failure with frequent hospitalisations 

      Nieminen, Markku S.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Fonseca, Cândida; Serrano, Jose Magaña; Parissis, John; Fedele, Francesco; Wikström, Gerhard; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Atar, Shaul; Baholli, Loant; Brito, Dulce; Colet, Josep Comin; Édes, István Ferenc; Gómez Mesa, Juan E.; Gorjup, Vojka; Garza, Eduardo Herrera; González Juanatey, José R.; Karanovic, Nenad; Karavidas, Apostolos; Katsytadze, Igor; Kivikko, Matti; Matskeplishvili, Simon; Merkely, Béla; Morandi, Fabrizio; Novoa, Angel; Oliva, Fabrizio; Ostadal, Petr; Pereira-Barretto, Antonio; Pollesello, Piero; Rudiger, Alain; Schwinger, Robert HG; Wieser, Manfred; Yavelov, Igor; Zymlinski, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-15)
      End of life is an unfortunate but inevitable phase of the heart failure patients' journey. It is often preceded by a stage in the progression of heart failure defined as advanced heart failure, and characterised by poor ...
    • Repetitive use of levosimendan for treatment of chronic advanced heart failure: Clinical evidence, practical considerations, and perspectives: An expert panel consensus 

      Nieminen, Markku Sakari; Altenberger, Johann; Ben-Gal, Tuvia; Böhmer, Armin; Comin-Colet, Josep; Dickstein, Kenneth; Édes, István Ferenc; Fedele, Francesco; Fonseca, Cândida; García-González, Martín J.; Giannakoulas, Georgios A.; Iakobishvili, Zaza; Jääskeläinen, Pertti; Karavidas, Apostolos I.; Kettner, Jiří; Kivikko, Matti; Lund, Lars H.; Matskeplishvili, Simon T.; Metra, Marco; Morandi, Fabrizio; Oliva, Fabrízio A.; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Parissis, John T.; Pollesello, Piero; Pölzl, Gerhard; Schwinger, Robert H.G.; Segovia, Javier; Seidel, Monika; Vrtovec, Bojan; Wikström, Gerhard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-15)
      Background The intravenous inodilator levosimendan was developed for the treatment of patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. In the last decade scientific and clinical interest has arisen for its repetitive or ...