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.

Conference News

BNP Test Helps Predict Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity

Measuring BNP at each treatment course can help clinicians know when to withdraw the drugs, according to investigators.
Heartwire, September 27, 2007
Home Telemonitoring for HF in Primary-Care Setting

A 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 AAI-70 and VVI-40

That 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 Sheds Light on Tolvaptan Mechanistic Effects

The 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 Catch-Up With HF Disease Management Programs

A 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
Outpatient HF Quality of Care Varies Widely in Analysis

Some 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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