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Heart failure management: Updated guidelines

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Takeaways: The 2022 heart failure management update includes patient-centric recommendations focused on stages, primary prevention, left ventricular ejection fraction classification, pharmacologic management, and comorbidity management. The guidelines highlight the role of nurses in heart failure management.

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August Course Promises Efficient, Engaging Way to Get Up to Speed Across Cardiology Practice

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This new conception of the course simply devotes greater attention to the very latest clinical trial data and guideline recommendations.” Presentation formats range from general updates (e.g., “Up-to-Date This comprehensive 2.5-day All presentations are 20 minutes long, including time for Q&A.

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Atrial Fibrillation Guideline Introduces Stage-Based Classification, Stresses Early Rhythm Control

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A new stage-based classification of atrial fibrillation (AF) and a greater emphasis on early rhythm control are among highlights of a new guideline on AF issued by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. million cases forecast by 2030.

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Get Current Across the Spectrum of Cardiology Practice This Summer

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We have simply put more of a spotlight on the very latest clinical trial data and guideline recommendations.” The day proceeds to overviews of major professional society guidelines for coronary artery revascularization, aortic disease management and evaluation of chest pain. Insights and Outcomes from a CRT Optimization Clinic”).

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Skin failure: A historical perspective

American Nurse

Takeaways: Skin failure or skin changes associated with dying are a recognized factor in skin breakdown, particularly toward end of life, but also with acute, chronic, and dermatologic conditions. No universal agreement exists among clinicians as to how skin failure develops, manifests, and progresses. Skin failure.

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Don’t Miss the Definitive Course on Valve Disease, Structural Interventions and Imaging

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Structural heart disease through an imaging lens Topically, the focus will be on mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve disease as well as developments in structural interventions, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), valve-in-valve procedures and left atrial appendage occlusion.

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A 50-Year-Old Man Presents With Shortness of Breath

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Cardiovascular physical examination showed jugular venous distention to the middle neck at 30 degrees, a palpable maximal impulse displaced inferiorly and laterally with a prominent S4 heart sound, and bilateral bronchovesicular lung sounds. Further investigation revealed a serum creatinine level of 1.4 mg/dL (reference range, 0.74-1.35)