An estimated nearly five million Americans experience heart failure. Studies have shown improved quality of life and life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment. Join Drs Peterson, Hernandez, Fonarow and Piņa presenting new data on improving the quality of care for patients with heart failure.
New data on quality of life and long-term prognosis after ICD implantation for primary prevention was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Join Drs Bhatt, Harrington, and Prystowsky as they review this new data and discuss the clinical context of these studies.
Join Drs Linde, Daubert and Gold in an intriguing discussion on the impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy on remodeling and disease progression, with a review of new data by Dr Abraham.
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The Sudden Cardiac Arrest clinical theme is supported by an independent educational grant from Medtronic, Inc.