Patient Management

Podcast: A Heart Transplant Recipient’s Journey

Each month, the Heart Failure Society of America’s Heart Failure Beat features candid conversations with heart failure clinicians about daily challenges, breakthroughs in research, treatment,…
CURATED BY: Viet Le,
DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, FACC, FAHA

Patient Management Guidelines

American College of Cardiology Library of Guidelines and Clinical Documents

The American College of Cardiology provides expert consensus documents, competence training, performance measures, and more. Also, the Guideline Clinical App offers "10 Points" summaries and risk scores.

The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

The latest guidelines are meant to bolster patient-centered recommendations for all clinicians to manage patients who are living with heart failure.

American Heart Association Heart Failure Guidelines Toolkit

Clinicians can see improved outcomes of care for patients living with heart failure. The American Heart Association provides a toolkit for APPs to assist in the understanding of diagnosis and treatment.

Articles

Key Updates from the AHA/ACC/HFSA Heart Failure Management Guidelines

In episode #200 of Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast, special co-host Dr. Mark Belkin and the Journal of Cardiac...
CURATED BY:
Whitney Gaydos,
PA-C, AACC

GDMT in Heart Failure Cases, Emphasizing Beta Blockers and Titration Strategies

In episode #209 of Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast, Drs. Karan Desai, Natalie Stokes, and Tiffany Dong join Dr....
CURATED BY:
Whitney Gaydos,
PA-C, AACC

Study Finds EAT-Lancet Diet Reduces Heart Failure Risk in Long-Term Analysis

Researchers explored the impact of the EAT-Lancet diet, which emphasizes plant-based foods and limits sugar and animal products,...
CURATED BY:
Viet Le,
DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, FACC, FAHA

Bundled Payments for Care Improvement and Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure

Does Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 2 program affect in process-of-care measures or outcomes for...
CURATED BY:
Daniel Thibodeau,
DHSc, MHP, PA-C, DFAAPA, AACC

Expanding Medicaid Means Better Care for Heart Patients

A study published in BMC Health Services Research found that expanding Medicaid eligibility is associated with significant improvements...
CURATED BY:
Daniel Thibodeau,
DHSc, MHP, PA-C, DFAAPA, AACC

Nurse Practitioners and Managing Patients With Heart Failure

Researchers investigated the capacity of nurse practitioners (NPs) in managing the complexities of heart failure (HF) patients through...
CURATED BY:
Kate Morgan,
DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC, HF-Cert
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