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Doctor Tarek Bekfani

University hospital Magdeburg A.o.R., Magdeburg (Germany)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology
Heart Failure Association

Kynurenine as a potential biomarker in detecting reduced muscle endurance: Metabolomic profiling of patients with heart failure and exercise intolerance

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Peripheral Circulation, Metabolism, Skeletal Muscle

Session: Chronic heart failure e-posters

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Relation of left atrial function with exercise capacity and muscle endurance in patients with heart failure

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Peripheral Circulation, Metabolism, Skeletal Muscle

Session: Chronic heart failure e-posters

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Skeletal muscle dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved compared to reduced ejection fraction: association with an elevated level of pleiotropic cytokine (GDF-15)

Event: Heart Failure 2019

Topic: Comorbidities

Session: Moderated Poster Session - Non pharmacological approach to heart failure world

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Altered fatty acid oxidation and mitochondrial function and structure in skeletal muscle of patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction compared to healthy controls

Event: Heart Failure 2019

Topic: Comorbidities

Session: Basic Science - Metabolism

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Growth factors and atrophy-related genes are highly expressed in patients with HFpEF and are associated with elevated BNP and reduced exercise capacity and quality of life

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Peripheral Circulation, Metabolism, Skeletal Muscle

Session: Chronic heart failure - Clinical

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Reduced muscle strength and quality of life in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared to healthy controls and patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

Event: Heart Failure 2018

Topic: Peripheral Circulation, Metabolism, Skeletal Muscle

Session: Chronic Heart Failure - Clinical

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Impaired skeletal muscle mitochondrial and metabolic function in patients with heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction compared to healthy controls and its impact on muscle function

Event: Heart Failure 2018

Topic: Peripheral Circulation, Metabolism, Skeletal Muscle

Session: Chronic Heart Failure - Clinical

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Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) increases the risk of heart failure decompensation: clinical factors and bioelectrical impedance analysis.

Event: ESC Congress 2017

Topic: AHF - Assessment and diagnosis

Session: Acute heart failure (AHF)

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A comparison between patients with central and obstructive sleep apnea in patients with heart failure: SICA-HF

Event: Heart Failure 2017 - 4th World Congress on Acute Heart Failure

Topic: Sleep disorder breathing

Session: Comorbodities

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