The new definition of advanced heart failure: what is the relevance for daily clinical practice?
Sep 1, 2023
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Guests Ruxandra Maria Christodorescu and Gerasimos Filippatos discuss criteria for identifying advanced heart failure and the importance of personalized follow-up strategies for high-risk patients. They highlight the HelpHF registry's findings and stress the need for general cardiologists to understand these criteria to provide specialized care.
Identification of advanced heart failure criteria is crucial for general cardiologists in daily practice.
Personalized follow-up plans are vital for addressing the individual needs of advanced heart failure patients.
Deep dives
Criteria for Advanced Heart Failure Characterization
The HelpHF registry proposed four criteria to define advanced heart failure: severe and persistent symptoms, severe cardiac dysfunction, episodes of congestion or low output syndrome causing hospitalizations, and severe impairment of exercise capacity. The importance of general cardiologists being familiar with these criteria for daily practice was emphasized as a valuable tool to identify patients at high risk who may benefit from specialist care.
Importance of Personalized Follow-Up for Advanced Heart Failure Patients
The discussion highlighted the need for personalized follow-up plans for patients with advanced heart failure. Guidelines recommend closer follow-up schedules tailored to individual patient needs, such as seeing high-risk heart failure patients earlier post-discharge for evaluation and therapy adjustments. The conversation emphasized the necessity of individualized care plans to address the specific needs and prognosis of patients with advanced heart failure.
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Discussion on Criteria for Advanced Heart Failure Identification
With Ruxandra Maria Christodorescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara - Romania & Gerasimos Filippatos, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens - Greece.
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