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Heart Failure Beat: Obesity in Heart Failure: This Is Our Lane!

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.

Obesity in Heart Failure: This Is Our Lane!

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. Heart failure cardiologists need to become comfortable managing obesity, a common co-morbidity among their patients. In the JCF Spotlight, Associate Editor Colleen McIlvennan, PhD, DNP, ANP, FAHA, FHFSA reviews an article published in the May issue. And finally, on a special Heart Failure Rounds, Michael shares an interview with a transplant recipient, where he relives his experience through heart transplantation and makes recommendations for the role of re-branding and for palliative care throughout that journey.

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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

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References

  • Ray, R., Ford, I., Cleland, J. G. F., Graham, F., Ahmed, F. Z., Al-Mohammad, A., Cowburn, P. J., Critoph, C., Kalra, P. A., Lane, R. E., Ludman, A., Pellicori, P., Petrie, M. C., Robertson, M., Seed, A., Squire, I., Kalra, P. R., Kalra, P., Cowan, E., … Stuart, D. (2023). The impact of ferric Derisomaltose on cardiovascular and noncardiovascular events in patients with anemia, iron deficiency, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Journal of Cardiac Failure. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.10.006 
  • Vest, A. R., Chan, M., Deswal, A., Givertz, M. M., Lekavich, C., Lennie, T., Litwin, S. E., Parsly, L., Rodgers, J. E., Rich, M. W., Schulze, P. C., Slader, A., & Desai, A. (2019b). Nutrition, obesity, and cachexia in patients with heart failure: A consensus statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Statements Committee. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 25(5), 380–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.03.007 
     
  • Vest, A. (2022). Why Nutrition and Heart Failure?. Nutrition HF. https://nutritionhf.com/ 

Guest Disclosures

Ownership of stocks of TransMedics Group, Inc. and Altimune, Inc.