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Schwegel, N.
Prognostic biomarkers in patients with chronic heart failure
Doktoratsstudium der Medizinischen Wissenschaft; Humanmedizin; [ Dissertation ] Medizinische Universität Graz; 2025. pp.

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Advisor:: Kolesnik Ewald; Pilz Stefan; Verheyen Nicolas Dominik; von Lewinski Dirk
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Abstract:: Chronic heart failure is a major concern to public health as it is one of the leading causes of mortality and hospitalization worldwide, with an ever-increasing prevalence. Transthoracic echocardiography has an essential role in the assessment of heart failure. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) guides diagnosis and therapeutic decisions and poses prognostic relevance. However, especially at the upper end of the spectrum, it lacks additional prognostic information. The aim of this work is to evaluate the prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters in chronic heart failure beyond LVEF, provide in-depth echocardiographic analysis in patients following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and give first insights into the impact of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition (SGLT2i) on clinical outcomes in two subsets of patients with chronic heart failure.