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Featured
New Strategies for Heart Failure Patients Improves Outcomes
One-third of heart failure patients do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) | A coordinated care approach at Mass General for heart failure patients improves outcomes.
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The Promise of Ventricular-Assist Devices (VADs)
VAD technology is continually improving. Mass General data indicates new VADs improve 5-year survival rates. Trials for the latest generation are under way.
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One in Ten Home Hospital Patients With Heart Failure Requires Escalation of Care
Patients with heart failure who were enrolled in home hospital at Massachusetts General Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital had a 10% chance of requiring transfer for at least one night of traditional inpatient care, and this escalation of care was linked to increased healthcare utilization.
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Cardiorenal Biomarkers Predict Major Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
James L. Januzzi, MD, and colleagues showed that among people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria, baseline and follow-up concentrations of four biomarkers of cardiorenal stress individually and collectively predicted the risk of heart failure, progression of kidney disease, and related outcomes.
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Multicenter Trial Supports Transplantation of Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death
David A. D'Alessandro, MD, and colleagues found that six-month survival was similar in patients who received donor hearts that were reanimated and assessed with extracorporeal nonischemic perfusion after circulatory death and those whose donor hearts were preserved with cold storage after brain death.
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Frailty Status Affects Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With HF
Tamra Keeney, DPT, PhD, and team found that from 2008–2015, post-acute care use increased among frail Medicare beneficiaries discharged after hospitalization for heart failure. Although the number of days spent alive at home improved, mortality and readmission rates were highest among beneficiaries classified as frail.
Heart Failure Contributors
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research, Cardiologist, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hutter Family Professor of Medicine in the Field of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cardiorenal Biomarkers Predict Major Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Director, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service, Mass General Brigham
Recent Article
Treating Pericardial Disease
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and nurses specialize in specific forms of both heart and vascular disease, and work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for cardiovascular conditions.