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    Future of Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Support Devices: A Cardiology-Cardiovascular Surgery Consensus Report
    (2016) Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Akar, Ahmet Ruchan; Ekmekci, Ahmet; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Sade, Elif; Eren, Mehmet; Orhan, Gokcen; Ozbaran, Mustafa; Yagdi, Tahir; Kucuker, Seref Alp; Gurbuz, Ali; Tokgozoglu, Lale; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3737-8595; 27111324; AAQ-7583-2021
    Heart failure is a progressive disease. A considerable number of patients eventually reach an advanced or terminal phase, in spite of developments in diagnostic procedure, alternative treatments that can slow progression, management, and follow-up. In addition to palliative care of patients in the terminal phase, accurate recognition of advanced disease is vital in the determination of therapeutic options. Overall management of patients with heart failure requires the collaboration of professionals from multiple disciplines. Still, patients with advanced heart failure should be managed by a "heart team," as indicated by guidelines; communication and collaboration among cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and other medical staff responsible for patient care is necessary. While our country has physicians experienced in the management of patients with advanced heart failure, these professionals are not distributed evenly across the country, and equitable access to therapeutic options is not provided. Hence, progress has yet to be made regarding appropriate referrals and patient circulation. The aims of the present consensus report are to strengthen the connection between certified, experienced centers and those that care for patients irrespective of disease phase and healthcare staff, as well as to raise awareness and provide information regarding conditions in Turkey.
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    Practical approaches for the treatment of chronic heart failure: Frequently asked questions, overlooked points and controversial issues in current clinical practice
    (2015) Cavusoglu, Yuksel; Altay, Hakan; Ekmekci, Ahmet; Eren, Mehmet; Kucukoglu, Mehmet Serdar; Nalbantgil, Sanem; San, Ibrahim; Selcuk, Timur; Temizhan, Ahmet; Ural, Dilek; 26574641
    Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disorder associated with impaired quality of life, high morbidity, mortality and frequent hospitalization and affects millions of people from all around the world. Despite further improvements in HF therapy, mortality and morbidity remains to be very high. The life-long treatment, frequent hospitalization, and sophisticated and very expensive device therapies for HF also leads a substantial economic burden on the health care system. Therefore, implementation of evidence-based guideline-recommended therapy is very important to overcome its worse clinical outcomes. However, HF therapy is a long process that has many drawbacks and sometimes HF guidelines cannot answers to every question which rises in everyday clinical practice. In this paper, commonly encountered questions, overlooked points, controversial issues, management strategies in grey zone and problems arising during follow up of a HF patient in real life clinical practice have been addressed in the form of expert opinions based on the available data in the literature.