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Overcoming Status Quo Bias: Embracing Evidence-Based Guidelines in Cardiometabolic CareĀ 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Pharmacological Interventions : Use of antihypertensive medications, lipid-lowering agents, and antidiabetic drugs. Coronary Heart Disease : Initiate beta-blockers in patients with acute MI and normal LVEF unless contraindicated or if they have heart failure.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

24 will focus on the following three current guideline updates: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines 2023 Atrial Fibrillation Guideline - Pharmacology II: Strokes vs. Bleeds, What Do the Guidelines Tell Us About Practical Management in A-fib? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24

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Rewriting the heart failure pillars toward less burdensome heart failure care pathways

The British Journal of Cardiology

At the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions conference in June, Professor Tiny Jaarsma called for a pillar of self-care to be added to heart failure (HF) care guidelines. 2 agree that HF care needs an additional pillar and suggest cardiac rehabilitation. 1 Taylor et al.