Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with a severe prognosis, despite therapeutic progress. The management of the advanced stages of the syndrome is particularly complex in patients who are referred to palliative care as well as in those who are candidates for cardiac replacement therapy. For the latter group, a prompt recognition of the transition to the advanced stage as well as an early referral to the centers for cardiac replacement therapy are essential elements to ensure that patients follow the most appropriate diagnostic-therapeutic pathway. The aim of this document is to focus on the main diagnostic and therapeutic aspects related to the advanced stages of heart failure and, in particular, on the management of patients who are candidates for cardiac replacement therapy.
L’insufficienza cardiaca è una sindrome clinica complessa, ancora gravata da una prognosi severa, nonostante i progressi della terapia. Le fasi più avanzate dell’insufficienza cardiaca presentano, inoltre, aspetti gestionali di particolare complessità sia in pazienti candidati alle cure palliative sia in quelli candidabili a terapia sostitutiva cardiaca. Per questi ultimi, il tempestivo riconoscimento della transizione alla fase avanzata così come l’invio precoce al centro di riferimento per la terapia cardiaca sostitutiva sono elementi essenziali per garantire il più appropriato percorso diagnostico-terapeutico. Lo scopo di questo documento è approfondire i principali aspetti diagnostico-terapeutici legati alle fasi avanzate dell’insufficienza cardiaca focalizzandosi, in particolare, alla gestione dei pazienti candidati a terapia sostitutiva cardiaca.
Iacoviello, M., Cipriani, M., Valente, S., Marini, M., Ammirati, E., Benvenuto, M., et al. (2022). ANMCO Position paper: Care pathway for advanced heart failure patients candidate for heart transplantation/ventricular assist device [Position paper ANMCO: Percorso assistenziale del paziente con insufficienza cardiaca avanzata candidabile a trapianto/assistenza ventricolare meccanica]. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA, 23(5), 340-378 [10.1714/3796.37817].
ANMCO Position paper: Care pathway for advanced heart failure patients candidate for heart transplantation/ventricular assist device [Position paper ANMCO: Percorso assistenziale del paziente con insufficienza cardiaca avanzata candidabile a trapianto/assistenza ventricolare meccanica]
Valente S.;
2022-01-01
Abstract
Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with a severe prognosis, despite therapeutic progress. The management of the advanced stages of the syndrome is particularly complex in patients who are referred to palliative care as well as in those who are candidates for cardiac replacement therapy. For the latter group, a prompt recognition of the transition to the advanced stage as well as an early referral to the centers for cardiac replacement therapy are essential elements to ensure that patients follow the most appropriate diagnostic-therapeutic pathway. The aim of this document is to focus on the main diagnostic and therapeutic aspects related to the advanced stages of heart failure and, in particular, on the management of patients who are candidates for cardiac replacement therapy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
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