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Heart Failure Beat: Is ACHD just HF by a different name?

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.

Is ACHD just HF by a different name?

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 review of a recently published article on the STRONG-HF trial. Priya does a fast-track review of 4 trials in 4 minutes from ACC.24 and the ISHLT 44th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on From Failure to Function and on Heart Failure Rounds, Michael reviews a recently published HFSA Scientific Statement on cognitive impairment in HF. This is a slightly longer episode jam-packed with fascinating tidbits of information, so settle into the full episode or explore the chapters to catch your favorite segment! 

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Hosts: 

  • Michael Beasley, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine @MHBeasleyMD

  • Priya Umapathi, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology & Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital @priyaumapathi

Chapters and Guests: 


References

  • Tomasoni Daniela, Davison Beth, Adamo Marianna, Pagnesi Matteo, et al. Safety Indicators in Patients Receiving High-intensity Care After Hospital Admission for Acute Heart Failure: The STRONG-HF Trial. J Card Fail. ISSN: 1071-9164, Vol: 30, Issue: 4, Page: 525-537 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.09.002
  • Parag Goyal, MD, MSc; Robert J. DiDomenico; PharmD; Susan J. Pressler, PhD, RN; Chinwe Ibeh, MD; et al. Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure: A Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Statement. J Card Fail. 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.01.003
     
  • RELIEVE-HF study presented during a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial session at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2024
     
  • Netuka, I., Tucanova, Z., Ivak, P., Gregor, S., Kolesar, D. M., Marek, T., Melenovsky, V., Binova, J., Dorazilova, Z., Hegarova, M., Podolec, M., Riha, H., Connors, J. M., & Mehra, M. R. (2024a). A prospective randomized trial of direct oral anticoagulant therapy with a fully magnetically levitated LVAD: The dot-HM3 study. Circulation. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.069726
     
  • Møller, J. E., Engstrøm, T., Jensen, L. O., Eiskjær, H., Mangner, N., Polzin, A., Schulze, P. C., Skurk, C., Nordbeck, P., Clemmensen, P., Panoulas, V., Zimmer, S., Schäfer, A., Werner, N., Frydland, M., Holmvang, L., Kjærgaard, J., Sørensen, R., Lønborg, J., … Hassager, C. (2024b). Microaxial flow pump or standard care in infarct-related cardiogenic shock. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(15), 1382–1393. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2312572
     
  • Butler, J., Jones, W. S., Udell, J. A., Anker, S. D., Petrie, M. C., Harrington, J., Mattheus, M., Zwiener, I., Amir, O., Bahit, M. C., Bauersachs, J., Bayes-Genis, A., Chen, Y., Chopra, V. K., Figtree, G., Ge, J., Goodman, S. G., Gotcheva, N., Goto, S., … Hernandez, A. F. (2024). Empagliflozin after acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(16), 1455–1466. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2314051

Guest Disclosures

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