Speaker illustration

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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

Thumbnail

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)

Thumbnail

ESC 365 is supported by

logo Novo Nordisk
logo Bristol Myers Squibb