Doctor Daniel Fernandez-Berges
Extremadura Health System. Don Benito-Villanueva Hospital, Villanueva de la Serena (Spain)
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FESC Member
HFA Member
Biography
Daniel Fernández-Bergés MD PhD FESC
Chief of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit of the Institute of Cardiology of the National Academy of Medicine (1978-1991).
Director of the Cardiovascular Emergencies Council and member of the Council of Specialists. (Argentine Society of Cardiology)
Scientific Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Research Program of FUNDESALUD and Head of the Research Unit of the Health area, Don Benito-Villanueva.
His research has focused on cardiovascular diseases: acute coronary syndrome, atherosclerosis and its inflammatory bases, cardiovascular risk factors, clinical consequences and epidemiology.
Nowadays coordinates the FREE Program (Frailty Evaluation in the Elderly) , focused on the prevalence and prognosis of frailty in patients with chronic heart failure, severe aortic stenosis pre-TAVI, severe chronic kidney failure or diabetes mellitus.
Hobbies: Poetry, music, pre-Columbian cultures, traveling and walking 10 km a day
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Predictors of in-hospital and late mortality in acutely decompensated chronic heart failure.
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