391. Guidelines: 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure Question #35 with Dr. Mark Drazner

Published: Sept. 19, 2024, 2:30 a.m.

The following question refers to Section 2.2 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure.The question is asked by University of Colorado internal medicine resident\xa0Dr. Hirsh Elhence, answered first by University of Chicago advanced heart failure cardiologist and Co-Chair for the CardioNerds Critical Care Cardiology Series\xa0Dr. Mark Belkin, and then by expert faculty\xa0Dr. Mark Drazner.Dr. Drazner is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, and Clinical Chief of Cardiology at UT Southwestern. He is the President of the Heart Failure Society of America.The\xa0Decipher the Guidelines: 2022 AHA / ACC / HFSA Guideline for The Management of Heart Failure\xa0series was developed by the CardioNerds and created in collaboration with the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America. It was created by 30 trainees spanning college through advanced fellowship under the leadership of CardioNerds Cofounders\xa0Dr. Amit Goyal\xa0and\xa0Dr. Dan Ambinder, with mentorship from\xa0Dr. Anu Lala,\xa0Dr. Robert Mentz, and\xa0Dr. Nancy Sweitzer. We thank Dr. Judy Bezanson and Dr. Elliott Antman for tremendous guidance.Enjoy this Circulation 2022 Paths to Discovery article to learn about the CardioNerds story, mission, and values.\xa0\t\t
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\nA 50-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obstructive sleep apnea presents to the outpatient clinic to follow up on her heart failure management. One year prior,