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Staging Heart Failure and the Importance of Early Diagnosis
Key opinion leaders hold a discussion highlighting significant factors in heart failure staging.
EP: 1.Identifying Key Risk Factors for Heart Failure
EP: 2.Socioeconomic Factors Impacting Development of Cardiac Disease
EP: 3.Distinguishing Between Heart Failure Classifications
EP: 4.Staging Heart Failure and the Importance of Early Diagnosis
EP: 5.The Role of the Primary Care Physician in Heart Failure Management
EP: 6.Four Pillars of Heart Failure Therapy
EP: 7.Selecting Optimal First-line Therapy for Patients Diagnosed with Heart Failure
EP: 8.Key Takeaways From Heart Failure Clinical Trials
EP: 9.Navigating the Patient Journey Through Heart Failure Diagnosis
EP: 10.Strategies for Treating Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
EP: 11.Treatment Optimization Challenges Associated With Heart Failure
EP: 12.Financial Barriers Impeding Optimal Heart Failure Treatment
EP: 13.Trajectory of Heart Failure Treatment Strategies
EP: 14.Key Takeaways from Experts in Heart Failure Management
This is a video synopsis/summary of a panel discussion involving Robert Groves, MD; Eugene E. Wright Jr, MD; Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, CHFN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, FHFSA, FAAN; Nihar Desai, MD, MPH; and Kelly Marie Axsom, MD. The panel discusses prevention and early identification of heart failure. Lifestyle changes like diet and medications can help curb progression of risk factors. Routine exams allow early clinical staging based on symptoms and cardiac dysfunction. Wright notes stage B is preclinical heart failure with signs of dysfunction but no symptoms. The goal is preventing progression through the stages. Patients may temporarily lack symptoms but require ongoing intense treatment. Albert explains heart failure staging is like cancer staging; you move forward but not backward. Educating patients using analogies helps them understand that the chronic nature of heart failure requires lifelong treatment. Early screening, like with annual biomarkers in primary care, allows earlier diagnosis and treatment. Artificial intelligence tools may help identify higher risk patients needing intervention. Overall there is a need for greater urgency in prevention and early identification of heart failure before symptoms arise.
Video synopsis is AI-generated and reviewed by AJMC editorial staff.
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