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New-onset AF boosts bad HFrEF outcomes
April 4, 2017
WASHINGTON – Monitor patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction for atrial fibrillation.
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Prediction: LVADs will rule end-stage heart failure
February 27, 2017
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Will mechanical circulatory support ultimately surpass heart transplantation?
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Big changes ahead in heart failure management
February 26, 2017
SNOWMASS, COLO.
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Observational hospital stays for HF linked to worse outcomes
December 5, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – Heart failure patients admitted as inpatients had significantly better outcomes than those admitted for an observational stay.
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Heart failure readmission metric not linked to care quality
November 15, 2016
A new analysis suggests that metrics used by CMS to determine penalties for heart failure hospital readmissions are not associated with quality of care or overall clinical outcomes.