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SUBMITTER: Agnetti G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4637457 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Agnetti Giulio G Piepoli Massimo F MF Siniscalchi Giuseppe G Nicolini Francesco F
BioMed research international 20151026
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the US and in westernized countries with ischemic heart disease accounting for the majority of these deaths. Paradoxically, the improvements in the medical and surgical treatments of acute coronary syndrome are leading to an increasing number of "survivors" who are then developing heart failure. Despite considerable advances in its management, the gold standard for the treatment of end-stage heart failure patients remains heart transpla ...[more]