Heart Failure Beat

May 16 2024 11
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Each month, join the Heart Failure Society of America as we interview the top heart failure care providers on the latest breakthroughs in heart failure research and treatment. We will have candid conversations about the topics that face care providers on a daily basis. If you’re a cardiology provider, trainee, person living with heart failure, or just plain interested in hearing discussions about heart failure news from leading experts, this is the podcast for you! Listen and subscribe below.

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Obesity in Heart Failure: This Is Our Lane!

May 16 2024 83 mins  
On the May episode of the Heart Failure Beat, Michael and Priya welcome Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH, FHFSA and Adrian daSilva-deAbreu, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D to discuss the evaluation and management of obesity in patients with heart failure.

Is ACHD just HF by a different name?

Apr 26 2024 50 mins  
On the April episode of the Heart Failure Beat, Priya and Michael take on adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with guests Chetan Pasrija, MD, MS, and Ari Cedars, MD, and discover that it’s never too early to refer a patient with ACHD for advanced therapies. Andrew Sauer, MD, an associate editor of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, joins the episode for a new segment featuring a r

Nuances of HF Care for Women and a Special Visit from Members of Women in Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support (WiTMCS)

Apr 04 2024 42 mins  
We are pleased to announce that we are back after a brief hiatus, with segments recorded around the holidays in late 2023. In this episode, our hosts will discuss the broad topic of women in heart failure with guests Katherine Clark, MD, MBA, FACC, Ersilia DeFilippis, MD, FACC, FHFSA, and Eileen Hsich, MD, FHFSA.

Constructive Disruption with the JCF Editors

Dec 21 2023 14 mins  
Priya and Michael chat with the editors of the Journal of Cardiac Failure about what constructive disruption to scientific publishing means, touching on broad inclusion, double-blind peer reviews within seven days, being a platform for critical documents that help to define the field, mentorship, and what’s on the horizon for the JCF.

Decoding the Trends Discovered Through HF Stats℠

Dec 14 2023 11 mins  
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

Nov 16 2023 29 mins  
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)];

Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring in Heart Failure: Concepts and Controversies

Aug 24 2023 54 mins  
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

Jul 27 2023 53 mins  
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

Jun 24 2023 43 mins  
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

May 26 2023 52 mins  
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.