Heart Failure

Implications of these findings include a more clear understanding of the burden imposed by heart failure (HF), which encompasses the cost of care and adverse health outcomes.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Tom Stanis, CEO and cofounder of Story Health, and Phillip Wood, Intermountain Ventures program director, on how their partnership came about, how it is going so far, and the future of their collaboration.

Tochi M. Okwuosa, DO, cardiologist and director of cardio-oncology at Rush University Medical, discusses the multidisciplinary process that underlies caring for patients with cancer who may develop heart damage.

Investigators found a higher overall health care burden among a large cohort of patients despite their recovery from sepsis, with potential long-term implications and higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

Using data from the Southern Community Cohort Study, investigators compared outcomes between Black and White participants for heart failure risk.

Pharmaceutical companies would have to spend a lot of money on pediatric anticoagulation studies for diseases that are rare among these patients, explained Michael A. Portman, MD, FAHA, of Seattle Children's Hospital.

This new investigation serves to update decades-old data on patient eligibility for and participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

During an interview at the 2022 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Michael A. Portman, MD, FAHA, Seattle Children's Hospital addressed how cardiac disease presents in pediatric vs adult patients.

Patients included in this subanalysis of data from the REHAB-HF trial were 60 years and older and had been hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure.

Michael Paull, MD, medical director of primary/urgent care and continuous improvement at the Vancouver Clinic (TVC), explained how TVC was able to improve its hypertension metrics to align with CMS' targets.

The efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan, the angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor, was investigated among a patient population who had heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and currently receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).

Investigators writing in BMJ Open called for “a complete restoration of FOURIER trial data.” Amgen, the maker of evolocumab, said it stood by the data.

The American Journal of Managed Care® covered thousands of miles in 2022, virtually and in person, criss-crossing the country and the world to deliver the latest clinical data, trial results, and drug developments.

In heart failure this year, value-based care, left ventricular ejection fraction, and disease prevention were among the most popular topics discussed.

At this year’s American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, held November 5-7 in Chicago, Illinois, hot topics for discussion included VICTORIA trial data and the great need for new antihypertensive agents to reduce health care disparities.

Initial data on NTLA-2001, which is a novel investigative intravenous agent that works to prevent development of cardiac transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis by targeting the TTR gene and TTR protein levels, were presented at this year’s American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago.

The American College of Cardiology’s 71st Scientific Session covered how to address the impact of social determinants of health on cardiovascular outcomes, understanding the latest developments in digital health, and the role of COVID-19 on heart health.

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

Predictive analytics–driven disease management outperforms standard of care among patients with chronic heart failure.

All-cause mortality was investigated among individuals who had heart failure as it related to their daily caloric intake and energy outcome.

Researchers pulled data from the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System to analyze cardiac arrhythmia–related outcomes among patients on a mono or combination regimen for cancer treatment that included immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).

Study authors initiated this study because of a lack of data on arrhythmia trends among pregnant women who have been hospitalized for delivery, accounting for their age, comorbidities, and obesity status.

In an interview at this year’s American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting in Chicago, Tochi M. Okwuosa, DO, cardiologist and director of cardio-oncology at Rush University Medical Center, discussed the importance of addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in patients with cancer who are undergoing treatment.

This international study, from investigators in Germany and Austria, looked at the effect sacubitril/valsartan can have among patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and the impact on their cardiac autonomic nervous system.

Disease symptomatology may be the same, but the presentation of heart failure (HF) and heart attacks differ between women and men, explained Amresh Raina, MD, of the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.