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Podcast: CME
Episode: Safety, Clinical Integration, and the Emerging Fifth Pillar in HF Practice
Description:
Faculty: Prof. Dr. Johann Bauersachs
Faculty: Carolyn S. P. Lam, MBBS, PhD, MRCP, MS, FACC, FAMS, FESC
Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who have not experienced a recent worsening event pose a major clinical challenge: persistent and under-recognized cardiovascular (CV) risk. Recent findings show that these patients carry significant annual rates of CV death and heart failure (HF) hospitalization, despite adherence to quadruple guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and device support. For cardiologists, the challenge is twofold: accurately identifying high-risk individuals without overt clinical deterioration and knowing when and how to intensify therapy in...