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Podcast: CME
Episode: Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach to Heart Failure: Patient Identification and Treatment Using Novel Device Therapy
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Host: Christina Economides, MD
Guest: Brian Howard, MD
Guest: David N. Kenigsberg, MD, FACC
Despite guideline-directed medical therapy, many patients with heart failure will continue to develop worsening symptoms and diminishing quality of life. Baroflex activation therapy (BAT) may be a treatment option for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Data show clinical benefit with this treatment approach including long-term symptom improvement and reduction in all-cause death. To ensure optimal outcomes with BAT, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary. In this activity, expert faculty review the rationale for BAT therapy, the supporting clinical data, the...