S1 Episode 3: For Patients With HFrEF, Who Really Benefits From a Device?
Medscape InDiscussion: Heart Failure
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Introduction
Dr. Michelle Kittleson is an expert in heart failure, serving on National Writing Committees for guidelines covering hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Today we'll discuss device management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, implantable defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICDs and CRT. What are the ins and outs of device placement? How does current research inform us about what type of device to use for what patient? Dr. Sana Al-Khati is professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and an expert in cardiac arrhythmias. She's also director of the fellowship program at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
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