Heart Failure Beat

Decoding the Trends Discovered Through HF Stats℠

The newly released HF Stats℠ revealed that the incidence, prevalence, mortality and hospitalization rates of heart failure are increasing despite advances in treatment modalities, guideline recommendations, and strategies for implementation. Our hosts sat down with Dr. Biykem Bozkurt, the lead author on the 2023 HF Stats℠ annual report Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 to discuss trends, report outcomes, and next steps.  

Highlights from the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

On this episode, we bring you interviews recorded live at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting in early October 2023. The episode kicks off with a discussion with HFSA President James C. Fang, MD, FHFSA (00:50), followed by chats with three Late Breaking Clinical Trial presenters [Marat Fudim, MD, MHS (07:09); Marvin Konstam, MD (12:10); and James L. Januzzi, MD, FACC, FESC (17:55)]; and finally, a highlight reel with HFSA Social Media Catalysts Anju Bhardwaj, MD and Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc (25:20).  

Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring in Heart Failure: Concepts and Controversies

Our co-hosts interview Jacob Abraham, MD, about navigating the concepts and controversies surrounding Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring for heart failure patients. 

From Policy to Practice: The Evolution of Heart Transplant Allocation, UNOS and What Lies Ahead

In this month's featured discussion, our co-hosts interview Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD, and Shelley Hall, MD, on the 2018 update to the UNOS allocation system for donor hearts and where the heart transplant community is moving to in the future regarding this issue.

Coronary Revascularization in Ischemic Heart Failure

In this month's featured discussion, our co-hosts welcome Yousif Ahmad, BMBS, MRCP, PhD, and review the evidence supporting coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic heart failure.

Pearls and Pitfalls for the General Practitioner Treating Heart Failure

The program's hosts, Michael Beasley, MD, and Priya Umapathi, MD, interview Clyde Yancy, MS, MSc, as well as Robert Centor, MD, MACP, about best practices and strategies for managing adult heart failure patients in internal medicine practice and beyond.

Equity in Heart Transplant - The Conversation Continues

The conversation around equity in care continues as our co-hosts interview Nasrien Ibrahim, MD, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit The Equity in Heart Transplant Project, Inc. about creative solutions for helping historically excluded and systemically oppressed patients become better candidates for transplant and other advanced heart failure therapies. On From Failure to Function Priya discusses the ALT FLOW trial presented at THT 2023 that looks at using left atrial to coronary sinus shunting to treat symptomatic heart failure; and on HF Rounds Michael reviews a new scientific statement on Natriuretic Peptides from HFSA, JHFS, and ESC-HFA.

Tachy Beats with Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS: Management of Patients on Durable MCS

Michael Beasley, MD sits down with Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, one of the co-authors on the recently released HFSA Expert Consensus Statement on the Medical Management of Patients on Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support, to learn key takeaways from the statement.

Economic Considerations in the Management of Heart Failure

Our co-hosts interview Paul Heidenreich, MD, FHFSA a co-author of the 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure about economic considerations in the management of HF. On "From Failure to Function", Priya dives into the late breaking trials from ACC.23 and Michael reviews three papers on HFpEF on HF Rounds.

Tachy Beats with Preethi Pirlamarla, MD: AHFTC Faculty Promotion Tips

Attention aspiring Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology faculty, this quick segment is for you! Looking for good advice on succeeding as an early career faculty member? Tune in as Michael Beasley, MD, interviews Preethi Pirlamarla, MD, on her ACC.org publication, Academic Medicine: Demystifying the Appointment Process.