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List of works by Mitja Lainscak

'heartfailurematters.org', an educational website for patients and carers from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology: objectives, use and future directions

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2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the Eur

scientific article published on 29 August 2015

ACT-ONE - ACTION at last on cancer cachexia by adapting a novel action beta-blocker

scientific article published on 5 August 2016

Adherence to treatment guidelines and long‐term survival in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on January 11, 2011

Anaemia is an independent predictor of death in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure

scientific article published in February 2010

Androgen status in non-diabetic elderly men with heart failure

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Anorexia, functional capacity, and clinical outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: results from the Studies Investigating Co-morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure (SICA-HF).

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Anticoagulants, antiplatelets, and statins in heart failure

scientific article published on February 2008

Are hospitalized or ambulatory patients with heart failure treated in accordance with European Society of Cardiology guidelines? Evidence from 12 440 patients of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

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Assessment of physical fitness in adults by field testing supported by the specific software for personal computer based use

Association of adiponectin with peripheral muscle status in elderly patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 4 October 2013

Atrial fibrillation in chronic non-cardiac disease: where do we stand?

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Atrial natriuretic peptide and related peptides

scientific article published on January 2007

Battlescarred: subgroup or selection bias?

scientific article published in October 2010

Biomarkers for chronic heart failure : diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic challenges

scientific article published on December 2009

Biomarkers for chronic heart failure.

scientific article published on January 2007

Bisoprolol pharmacokinetics and body composition in patients with chronic heart failure: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Bisoprolol vs. carvedilol in elderly patients with heart failure: rationale and design of the CIBIS-ELD trial

scientific article published on 9 June 2008

Body mass index and prognosis in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Cachexia as a major public health problem: frequent, costly, and deadly

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Cachexia: common, deadly, with an urgent need for precise definition and new therapies

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Cancer cachexia: an orphan with a future

Cancer diagnosis in patients with heart failure: epidemiology, clinical implications and gaps in knowledge

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Cardiac cachexia: a systematic overview

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Cardiac cachexia: hic et nunc

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Cardiac cachexia: hic et nunc: "hic et nunc" - here and now.

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Cardiovascular Function in Intensive Care Medicine or Homo Mensura Est

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Characteristics, treatments and 1-year prognosis of hospitalized and ambulatory heart failure patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient journey: hospitalizations as window of opportunity for extra-pulmonary intervention

scientific article published on May 2013

Clinical trials update from the Heart Failure Society of America Meeting 2009: FAST, IMPROVE-HF, COACH galectin-3 substudy, HF-ACTION nuclear substudy, DAD-HF, and MARVEL-1.

scientific article published on 30 December 2009

Clinical-pharmacist intervention reduces clinically relevant drug-drug interactions in patients with heart failure: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from assessment to treatment

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Cytokine Response of Cultured Skeletal Muscle Cells Stimulated with Proinflammatory Factors Depends on Differentiation Stage

scientific article published on February 20, 2013

Diabetes mellitus, cachexia and obesity in heart failure: rationale and design of the Studies Investigating Co-morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure (SICA-HF)

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Differences in clinical characteristics, management and short-term outcome between acute heart failure patients chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and those without this co-morbidity

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Discharge Coordinator Intervention Prevents Hospitalizations in Patients With COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on April 23, 2013

Distribution of self-rated health and association with clinical parameters in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in January 2009

Doping and the Olympic games: the good, the bad, and the ugly

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Drug-drug interaction software in clinical practice: a systematic review

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with platinum-based chemotherapy

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Education, knowledge, and self-management strategies in patients with chronic heart failure

article published in 2010

Effect of beta blockade on natriuretic peptides and copeptin in elderly patients with heart failure and preserved or reduced ejection fraction: results from the CIBIS-ELD trial

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Effectiveness of discharge-coordinator intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: study protocol of a randomized controlled clinical trial

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Efficacy and safety of ivabradine in chronic heart failure across the age spectrum: insights from the SHIFT study

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Emerging biomarkers in heart failure and cardiac cachexia

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Epidemiology and one-year outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved, mid-range and reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Failure Association joint consensus document on arrhythmias in heart failure, endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society.

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association Standards for delivering heart failure care

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry (ESC-HF-LT): 1-year follow-up outcomes and differences across regions

scientific article published on June 2016

Evaluation of an individualized dose titration regimen of patiromer to prevent hyperkalaemia in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Exercise-Induced Changes in Iron Status and Hepcidin Response in Female Runners

scientific article published on March 5, 2013

Expert consensus document on the management of hyperkalaemia in patients with cardiovascular disease treated with RAAS-inhibitors - Coordinated by the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy of the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 3 May 2018

Factors related to self-care behaviours in heart failure: A systematic review of European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale studies

scientific article published on February 2017

Feasibility of transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation in acute exacerbation of COPD.

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Functional capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: looking for interactions and explanations

Gender-related dissociation in outcomes in chronic heart failure: reduced mortality but similar hospitalization in women

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General public awareness of heart failure: results of questionnaire survey during Heart Failure Awareness Day 2011.

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Greater cardiovascular risk reduction with once-daily fixed combination of three antihypertensive agents and statin versus free-drug combination: The ALL-IN-ONE trial

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1, and insulin signaling-a pharmacological target in body wasting and cachexia

scientific article published on October 20, 2011

Guía ESC 2015 sobre el tratamiento de la endocarditis infecciosa

Guía ESC 2016 sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda y crónica

Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Specialist Heart Failure Curriculum

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Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Two for tea or tea for two?

scientific article published on October 26, 2010

Heart failure clinic in a community hospital improves outcome in heart failure patients

scientific article published in April 2006

Heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma: numbers, facts, and challenges

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Heart rate and its reduction in chronic heart failure and beyond

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Heat shock protein 27 acts as a predictor of prognosis in chronic heart failure patients

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Herpes simplex virus infection limited to the brainstem

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How does cachexia influence survival in cancer, heart failure and other chronic diseases?

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Impact of chronic inflammatory airway disease on stroke severity and long-term survival after ischemic stroke--a retrospective analysis

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Implementation of guidelines for management of heart failure in heart failure clinic: effects beyond pharmacological treatment

scientific article published in December 2004

Importance of bedside echocardiography for detection of unsuspected isolated right ventricular infarction as a cause of cardiovascular collapse

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Improved insulin sensitivity by the angiotensin receptor antagonist irbesartan in patients with systolic heart failure: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled study

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Increased Myogenic and Protein Turnover Signaling in Skeletal Muscle of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Sarcopenia

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia defectiva: a report of two cases

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Inflammatory biomarkers in heart failure revisited: much more than innocent bystanders

scientific article published on October 2009

Influence of Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Co-morbidities on Outcomes and Treatment Effect of Heart Rate Reduction With Ivabradine in Stable Heart Failure (from the SHIFT Trial).

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

Influence of cancer cachexia on drug liver metabolism and renal elimination in rats

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Innovative imaging methods in heart failure: a shifting paradigm in cardiac assessment. Position statement on behalf of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Insulin resistance in heart failure: differences between patients with reduced and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

International variations in the treatment and co-morbidity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction: data from the EuroHeart Failure Survey

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Iohexol clearance is superior to creatinine-based renal function estimating equations in detecting short-term renal function decline in chronic heart failure

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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of bisoprolol, ramiprilat, propranolol and midazolam in rat dried blood spots

scientific article published on 15 March 2014

Measuring self-care in patients with heart failure: A review of the psychometric properties of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScBS).

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Mechanism and novel therapeutic approaches to wasting in chronic disease

scientific article published on 09 May 2013

Metabolic disturbances in chronic heart failure: a case for the "macho" approach with testosterone?!

scientific article published on 05 October 2006

Mini nutritional assessment, body composition, and hospitalisations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Mortality and readmissions in heart failure: an analysis of 36,824 elderly patients from the Slovenian national hospitalization database

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National trends in heart failure hospitalization rates in Slovenia 2004-2012.

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Natriuretic peptides and other biomarkers in chronic heart failure: from BNP, NT-proBNP, and MR-proANP to routine biochemical markers

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Neurohormonal activation and inflammation in chronic cardiopulmonary disease: a brief systematic review

scientific article published on January 2009

Neurological and endocrinological disorders: orphans in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on October 2011

No train, no gain: Does this apply to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?

scientific article published on October 31, 2012

Non-invasive assessment of cardiac hemodynamics in patients with advanced cancer and with chronic heart failure: a pilot feasibility study

scientific article published on 22 April 2013

Nonpharmacologic measures and drug compliance in patients with heart failure: data from the EuroHeart Failure Survey

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Organ dysfunction, injury and failure in acute heart failure: from pathophysiology to diagnosis and management. A review on behalf of the Acute Heart Failure Committee of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

Organization of heart failure management in European Society of Cardiology member countries: survey of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology in collaboration with the Heart Failure National Societies/Working Groups

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Overview of emerging pharmacotherapy in chronic heart failure

scientific article published on September 2009

Patient's view of heart failure: from the understanding to the quality of life

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Patients' knowledge and beta blocker treatment improve prognosis of patients from a heart failure clinic

scientific article published on 26 September 2005

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cardiovascular drugs in chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Pharmacokinetics of drugs in cachectic patients: a systematic review

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Poor self-rated health predicts mortality in patients with stable chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Potential drug-drug interactions in hospitalized patients with chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Procalcitonin in heart failure: hic et nunc

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Prognostic factors in chronic heart failure. A review of serum biomarkers, metabolic changes, symptoms, and scoring systems

scientific article published on March 2009

Prognostic performance of serial in-hospital measurements of copeptin and multiple novel biomarkers among patients with worsening heart failure: results from the MOLITOR study

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

Prognostic role of body mass index after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 27 October 2006

Psychocardiology in the elderly

scientific article published on 28 November 2016

Recall of lifestyle advice in patients recently hospitalised with heart failure: a EuroHeart Failure Survey analysis

scientific article published on 20 September 2007

Regional differences among female patients with heart failure from the Cardiac Insufficiency BIsoprolol Study in ELDerly (CIBIS-ELD).

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Regional differences in health-related quality of life in elderly heart failure patients: results from the CIBIS-ELD trial

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Relation of Longitudinal Changes in Quality of Life Assessments to Changes in Functional Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure With and Without Anemia

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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management. Position statement on behalf of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Right ventricular ejection fraction <20% is an independent predictor of mortality but not of hospitalization in older systolic heart failure patients

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in clinical stratification in heart failure. A position paper from the Committee on Exercise Physiology and Training of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

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Rosiglitazone reduces body wasting and improves survival in a rat model of cancer cachexia

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Sarcopenia in Advanced COPD Affects Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction by Short-Term High-intensity Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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Sarcopenia in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Impact on muscle strength, exercise capacity and quality of life

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Self-care management of heart failure: practical recommendations from the Patient Care Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 10 December 2010

Self-rated health predicts adverse events during beta-blocker treatment: The CIBIS-ELD randomised trial analysis

scientific article published on June 8, 2011

Self-rated health, nutritional intake and mortality in adult hospitalized patients

scientific article published in September 2014

Self-rated health, β-blockers and adverse events

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Should procalcitonin be measured routinely in acute decompensated heart failure?

scientific article published on July 2015

Sibutramine in cardiovascular disease: is SCOUT the new STORM on the horizon?

scientific article published on 5 November 2007

Single baseline serum creatinine measurements predict mortality in critically ill patients hospitalized for acute heart failure

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Sinus rhythm versus atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure — Insight from the Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study in Elderly

scientific article published on June 21, 2012

The Effects of 8 Weeks of Endurance Running on Hepcidin Concentrations, Inflammatory Parameters, and Iron Status in Female Runners

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients hospitalized with heart failure.

scientific article published in January 2009

The effect of 4-week rehabilitation on heart rate variability and QTc interval in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

The effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and iron deficiency: a subanalysis of the FAIR-HF study

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The effects of a high-caloric protein-rich oral nutritional supplement in patients with chronic heart failure and cachexia on quality of life, body composition, and inflammation markers: a randomized, double-blind pilot study

scientific article published on September 2010

The impact of iron deficiency and anaemia on exercise capacity and outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure. Results from the Studies Investigating Co-morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure

scientific article published on 2 December 2015

The management of patients with heart failure in a Slovenian community hospital: what has changed between 1997 and 2000?

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The obesity paradox in chronic disease: facts and numbers

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Titration to target dose of bisoprolol vs. carvedilol in elderly patients with heart failure: the CIBIS-ELD trial

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To eat or not to eat? Indicators for reduced food intake in 91,245 patients hospitalized on nutritionDays 2006-2014 in 56 countries worldwide: a descriptive analysis

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension: bench to bedside

scientific article published in October 2011

Twenty-four-hour heart rate lowering with ivabradine in chronic heart failure: insights from the SHIFT Holter substudy.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Type-specific dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in end-stage heart failure patients: relationship between MMP-10 and LV remodelling

scientific article published on April 2011

Under-representation of elderly and women in clinical trials

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Uric acid and xanthine oxidase in heart failure - Emerging data and therapeutic implications

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Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Asses Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Skeletal Muscle

Usefulness of minimal modelling to assess impaired insulin sensitivity in patients with chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 5 September 2009

Validation of self assessment patient knowledge questionnaire for heart failure patients.

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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized patients with pneumonia: a prospective survey

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What does the lay public know about heart failure? Findings from the Heart Failure Awareness Day Initiative

scientific article published on 29 October 2015