Focused on improving the care of patients with heart dysfunction or heart failure. Using both quality improvement and research methodology we are focused on improving care team communication, goal directed medical therapy (GDMT), quality of life and myocardial recovery.
Cardiomyopathy patients have heart muscle problems that affect the ability of the heart to fill with blood and/or eject blood to the body. In some cases, they may have signs and symptoms of heart failure—these patients will need routine monitoring and may need treatment such as cardiac medicines, mechanical devices, or transplantation.
Though pediatric VAD use is increasing, data around outcomes related to patient treatment and device selection decisions is not yet robust enough to inform consistent practices among providers. The authors …
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“Iron Deficiency Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Failure” was published in The Journal of Pediatrics on January 1, 2020. As the title suggests, this single-center retrospective cohort …
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