Impact of the number of comorbidities on cardiac sympathetic derangement in patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure.
CONCLUSION: In systolic HF patients, the number of comorbidities is not associated with alterations in cardiac adrenergic innervation. These results are consistent with the observation that very comorbid HF patients suffer lower risk of sudden cardiac death.
PMID: 33485737 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Bencivenga L, Komici K, Femminella GD, Paolillo S, Gargiulo P, Formisano R, Assante R, Nappi C, Puzone B, Sepe I, Cittadini A, Vitale DF, Ferrara N, Cuocolo A, Filardi PP, Rengo G Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research
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