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

The British Journal of Cardiology

2 agree that HF care needs an additional pillar and suggest cardiac rehabilitation. Currently, the HF pillars are focused on medications shown to improve the outcomes of people with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), 3 but other key non-pharmacological interventions are not considered. 1 Taylor et al.

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

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Pharmacological Interventions : Use of antihypertensive medications, lipid-lowering agents, and antidiabetic drugs. Heart Failure : Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is as effective as center-based programs. Surgical and Procedural Interventions : Including bariatric surgery and revascularization procedures.

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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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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Cardiac Rehabilitation. Those who attend cardiac rehab have 44% fewer major heart events than those who do not complete cardiac rehab 1. The big problem is that only about one-third of all patients who have a heart attack attend cardiac rehab. This is why cardiac rehabilitation is so important.

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Remembering CMHC Chair Dr. George L. Bakris: An Exceptional Leader, Mentor, and Educator in Nephrology and Hypertension 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

From the CMHC Team For nearly two decades, Dr. Bakris has been a pillar of CMHC , generously sharing his expertise, passion, and unwavering dedication to advancing the field of cardiometabolic health.