What do patients with heart failure die from? A single assassin or a conspiracy?

Markus S Anker^{1

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4}, Martin Hülsmann⁵, John G Cleland⁶

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¹ Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology (CVK), Charité, Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology (CBF), Charité, Berlin, Germany.
³ Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany.
⁴ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK.

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Markus S Anker et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Jan.

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doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1689. Epub 2019 Dec 21.

Markus S Anker^{1

2

3

4}, Martin Hülsmann⁵, John G Cleland⁶

¹ Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology (CVK), Charité, Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology (CBF), Charité, Berlin, Germany.
³ Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany.
⁴ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK.

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Trends in modes of death in heart failure over the last two decades: less sudden death but cancer deaths on the rise.
Moliner P, Lupón J, de Antonio M, Domingo M, Santiago-Vacas E, Zamora E, Cediel G, Santesmases J, Díez-Quevedo C, Troya MI, Boldó M, Altmir S, Alonso N, González B, Núñez J, Bayes-Genis A. Moliner P, et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Oct;21(10):1259-1266. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1569. Epub 2019 Jul 30. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019. PMID: 31359563

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