Magnus Bäck

Apr 16, 2024 | thelancet.com | Magnus Bäck |Université de Lorraine |CHRU Nancy

SummaryThe cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) measure of arterial stiffness is associated with prevalent cardiovascular risk factors, while its predictive value for cardiovascular events remains to be established. The aim was to determine associations of CAVI with cardiovascular morbimortality (primary outcome) and all-cause mortality (secondary outcome), and to establish the determinants of CAVI progression.

Feb 26, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Magnus Bäck |Stephan von Haehling |Zoltán Papp |Massimo F. Piepoli

Introduction The ESC Heart Failure journal was launched by the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2014, hence it became a teenager in 2024. By recognizing the need for a heart failure specific scientific platform, broader than available back in 2014, ESC Heart Failure has been initiated as the first open access ESC journal to gather contributions from a spectrum of heart failure related research areas.

Nov 1, 2023 | jacc.org | Magnus Bäck

IntroductionThe quest toward a medical alternative to the current interventional and surgical treatments for calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is advancing.