Emergency Physician Solves Malfunctioning LVAD with Electrician Skills
Sometimes, the most clear-cut problems don’t necessarily have straightforward solutions. A 67-year-old male who had a past…
Heart Failure
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Emergency Physician Solves Malfunctioning LVAD with Electrician Skills
Sometimes, the most clear-cut problems don’t necessarily have straightforward solutions. A 67-year-old male who had a past... -
Hospital Quality-Control Program Tied to Rise in Heart Failure Deaths
Financial penalties designed to encourage hospitals to avoid repeat hospitalizations are working, but they’re also associated with... -
Tips for Managing Cardiogenic Shock
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Managing the patient in cardiogenic shock can be daunting, according to Peter M. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP,...
Hospital Quality-Control Program Tied to Rise in Heart Failure Deaths
Financial penalties designed to encourage hospitals to avoid repeat hospitalizations are working, but they’re also associated with…
Tips for Managing Cardiogenic Shock
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Managing the patient in cardiogenic shock can be daunting, according to Peter M. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP,…
Improve Outcomes for Hypotensive Heart Failure Patients
Emergency physicians see a high number of hypotensive heart failure patients. In his session, “Catch 22: Treating…
Machine Learning Methods May Help Predict Cardiovascular Events More Accurately
Machine learning techniques can be used to improve the accuracy of predicting cardiovascular events in asymptomatic populations…
Fewer Admissions for Heart Failure, but Blacks Still Fare Worse than Whites
Between 2002 and 2013, hospital admissions for heart failure fell by nearly a third in the U.S.,…
Update Your Knowledge on Heart Failure Assessment and Treatment
Heart failure is one of the most common causes of hospitalization in the U.S., particularly in patients…
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Implant No Help in Some with Heart Failure
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure (HF) without left bundle branch block (LBBB) may…
Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Increased Despite Negative Findings
Physicians are using pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization at an increasing rate in heart failure patients, despite results…
ACEP15 Session: Time-Critical Interventions in Treating Heart Failure
Until about 10 years ago, Matthew Strehlow, MD, FACEP, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at Stanford…