Heart failure and transplantation with Dr Ileana Piña

'Think Twice' Before Stopping Heart Failure Meds Positive effects can be lost and patient outcomes adversely affected if heart failure drugs are stopped. Dr Pina reviews new evidence.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2019
Hopeful Heart: Hope for Improving QoL in Depressed HF Patients 'Depression kills,' says Bruce Rollman, MD, the lead author of the Hopeful Heart study. Screening can identify HF patients at risk for depression and improve outcomes.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2019
SGLT2 Inhibitors to Prevent HF: Time to Get More Proactive? Drs Piña and Butler discuss the accumulating 'consistent' data regarding SGLT2 inhibitors for prevention of heart failure in patients with diabetes.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 2019
Sodium Restriction in HF: Take It With a Grain of Salt? Despite wide acceptance, evidence to support low-sodium diets is lacking. Until we know more, keep dietary recommendations simple, says Ileana Piña, MD.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 2019
Does PIONEER-HF Warrant Acute HF Indication for ARNI? Drs Pina and Butler discuss the new findings of PIONEER-HF, a trial evaluating angiotensin-neprilysin inhibition in acute heart failure.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 2018
PIONEER: A Role for ARNI in Stabilized Acute HF? Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) was studied in patients with acute decompensated heart failure in the PIONEER HF Trial. Dr Piña gets the details from lead investigator Eric Velazquez.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 2018
Teaming Up to Prevent Heart Disease in People With Diabetes The American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association are collaborating to improve cardiovascular care of patients with diabetes. Drs Ileana Piña and Stacey Rosen discuss the initiative.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 2018
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: Common Finding in HFpEF Dr Ileana Piña discusses coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with PROMIS-HFpEF investigator Dr Carolyn Lam.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 2018
COMMANDER HF: What Now for Anticoagulation in Heart Failure? Drs Ileana Piña and Mandeep Mehra discuss the neutral results of the COMMANDER HF trial on rivaroxaban in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 2018
Iron Therapy Improves HF, But Not by Improving Anemia Drs Piña and Okonko discuss the surprising effects of iron isomaltoside 1000 on HF and hemoglobin in the FERRIC-HF2 trial presented at ACC 2018.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 2018
Nebulized Nitrite for HFpEF? Don't Hold Your Breath Dr Ileana Piña discusses the disappointing yet informative results of inhaled nitrite for HFpEF with INDIE investigator Dr Barry Borlaug.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2018
Will a Digital Carrot and Stick Improve Outcomes in HFrEF? Dr Ileana Piña discusses CONNECT-HF with investigator Dr Adam DeVore. This novel trial uses mobile apps to reward or punish heart failure patients for good or poor adherence to treatment regimens.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 2018
Totality of Care Addressed in New ACC/AHA HTN Guidelines Dr Ileana Piña reviews key takeaways from the ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines including how to measure blood pressure, white-coat vs masked hypertension, and evaluating the patient's overall risk.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, February 2018
How Did We End Up With so Many Medical Journals? Dr DeMaria discusses his tenure at JACC, the proliferation of cardiology journals, and his current projects.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 2018
What Are the Best Surrogates in Heart Failure Trials? Drs Piña and Udelson survey the latest knowledge on the markers and methods to predict patient outcomes.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 2017
Heart Failure and AF: Where Does Ablation Fit in? CASTLE-AF and AATAC show that ablation for coexisting AF reduces mortality patients with heart failure. 'Sinus rhythm matters,' says Dr Di Biase.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 2017
Halting HF in Patients With Diabetes: Insights From EMPA-REG A substudy of EMPA-REG finds that SGLT2 inhibitors may slow the onset of heart failure. Dr Piña discusses the research with study investigator Dr Javed Butler at ESC 2017.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 2017
HF and CKD: Learning With Nephrologists Patients with kidney disease are often excluded from heart failure trials. Dr Ileana Piña was among the HF experts invited to a meeting with nephrologists to learn how to manage such patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 2017
Snapshot of the Heart Failure Guideline Focused Update Dr Piña runs through some of the key takeaways from the ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the guidelines on the management of heart failure.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, July 2017
Long Life or Living Well: AHA Addresses Elderly With CVD Longevity is seductive, but it comes with consequences. Drs Piña and Forman discuss a new AHA scientific statement on physical and cognitive function considerations in the older patient with CVD.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2017

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