Medscape Conference Coverage, based on selected sessions at the:
Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) 11th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 16 - 19, 2007, Washington, DC
This activity is not sanctioned by, nor a part of, the Heart Failure Society of America.
Featured CoverageFocus OnConference News- Serial Natriuretic Peptide Testing Can Predict Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity RiskMeasuring BNP at each treatment course can help clinicians know when to withdraw the drugs, according to investigators.
Heartwire, September 27, 2007 - Home Telemonitoring Shows Limited Clinical Impact on Heart Failure in Primary-Care SettingA device that streamlines the reporting of weight and symptom changes seemed to add little to outpatient heart-failure management by primary-care physicians, conclude researchers from a study that also enrolled predominantly women and minorities.
Heartwire, September 26, 2007 - DAVID-2: No Quality-of-Life Differences Between Atrial-Based Pacing and Ventricular Backup PacingThat is, in low-LVEF patients with ICDs but no conventional pacing indication, the trial suggests, which had also seen similar clinical outcomes with the two pacing modes.
Heartwire, September 21, 2007 - ECLIPSE Casts Light on Mechanisms Behind Tolvaptan's Relief of Heart Failure SymptomsThe investigational vasopressin antagonist's clinical effects and safety profile are well characterized; now more is known about its hemodynamic effects.
Heartwire, September 21, 2007 - Reimbursement: Time to Play Catch-Up With HF Disease Management ProgramsA lot of substantive care within cash-strapped heart-failure disease management programs happens over the telephone. It takes time--time that current reimbursement schedules overlook, according to researchers.
Heartwire, September 19, 2007 - Wide Variation in Outpatient HF Quality of Care, Even on Some Basics, Analysis FindsSome practices have been great at applying management guidelines to patients with chronic heart failure; others have their work cut out for them, sometimes in surprisingly fundamental ways, according to early findings from the IMPROVE-HF performance-improvement initiative.
Heartwire, September 18, 2007
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