Heart failure and transplantation with Dr Ileana Piña

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
Digoxin: Clues to a Threshold for This Last-Resort Drug Dr De Ferrari provides details on a substudy of the ARISTOTLE trial that examined digoxin blood levels and mortality in patients with and without heart failure.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 2017
STICH Women: Don't Shy Away From Surgery in HFrEF Dr Ileana Piña reviews outcomes of women who participated in the STICH trial. The results surprised her, and they may surprise you, too.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 2017
Understanding CV Hemodynamics Key in Heart Failure Dr Piña interviews Dr Burkhoff, a physician and biomechanical engineer who developed a software application of cardiovascular physiology and hemodynamics for use in teaching and clinical practice.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 2017
TRUE-AHF: Better to Prevent vs Treat Acute Decompensation Dr Pina interviews Dr Packer about his trial on ularitide infusion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, which was presented at the American Heart Association meeting.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 2016
Innovative Community-Based HF Programs Could Win Award Apply now! The Stronger Hearts™ Best Practices Award is rewarding community-based programs for innovative heart failure care. Drs Piña and Penso provide all the details.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 2016
When Should Patients With AF Undergo Ablation? Dr Ileana Piña and electrophysiologist Luigi Di Biase discuss the new European guidelines for atrial fibrillation and how to decide when to refer patients for ablation.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 2016
AFib Guideline and Cardio-Oncology Expert Consensus Statement at ESC Dr Ileana Piña discusses a new guideline on atrial fibrillation and a consensus statement addressing cardiovascular toxicity in cancer treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 2016
STICH at 10 Years: CABG for Young and Old With Systolic HF? Eric Velazquez on the role of CABG in patients with HF and LV dysfunction, including the latest age analysis and why myocardial viability testing should be a thing of the past.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 2016
Updated Heart Failure Guidelines: Where Do New Drugs Fit In? Dr Ileana Piña reviews the recent updates to both US and European guidelines on the management of heart failure that include the new ARNI drug and ivabradine.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, August 2016

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