Get with the Guidelines! Contemporary Heart Failure Clinical Practice Updates from HFSA: Devices, Cardio-Oncology, and Palliative Care

This episode highlights critical updates in heart failure care with insights from leading experts. First, Marat Fudim, MD, MHS discusses the HFSA statement on device-based therapies, including emerging innovations like cardiac contractility modulation and remote monitoring tools. Next, Michelle Weisfelner Bloom, MD and Ana Barac, MD, PhD present the groundbreaking cardio-oncology and heart failure scientific statement, emphasizing the integration of cancer therapies and heart care. They explore strategies to manage treatment-related cardiac dysfunction and propose a "permissive toxicity" framework. Finally, Sarah Chuzi, MD, MSc and Haider Warraich, MD detail HFSA's palliative care consensus, providing actionable guidance for integrating primary and specialty palliative care in heart failure management. This episode equips clinicians with practical strategies and a forward-looking perspective to enhance patient outcomes.