📢 #Europace #EPeeps
Crucial real-world validation of smartphone-based photoplethysmography for rate and rhythm monitoring in AF patients.

This #PPG algorithm has a positive predictive value of 99.6% for AF detection. 🎯 #ECG

academic.oup.com/europace/artic…

My 💯% support to Wilfried Mullens in the elections for next #HFA president. He has a true vision for the future. For all HFA silver and gold members, voting is open!

Re-educate yourself, dieticians, and patients on Sodium and Fluid intake in #heartfailure !!!
doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3…
Kevin Damman Antonio Cannata' Maja Cikes Justin Ezekowitz Pieter Martens Alexandre Mebazaa Robert Mentz, MD Jozine ter Maaten Frederik H. Verbrugge Giuseppe Rosano HFAPresident Henry Han

📌Dietary sodium & fluid intake in #HeartFailure . A clinical consensus 📝 of the #HF A of the European Society of Cardiology

#PositionPaper #HF

Are you aware of current recommendations about dietary sodium and fluid intake in heart failure? A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Excellent document Wilfried Mullens Kevin Damman SVCardio Alfonso Valle
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/R…

🫀There is life beyond GDMT in #heartfailure

👉Our latest review on combined #diuretic treatment in #heartfailure is available: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

💡We review the recent research and offer a practical approach to manage congestion with a focus on combinational therapy

New data from #TRANSFORM_HF now in European Society of Cardiology Journals #EJHF

Across the spectrum of patient kidney function, no significant difference in clinical or patient-reported outcomes between torsemide and furosemide for treatment of HF.

Duke Clinical Research Institute Yale Cardiology

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Impact of baseline kidney dysfunction on oral #diuretic efficacy following hospitalization for #HeartFailure  – insights from #TRANSFORM -HF

📌No difference in ☠️/hospital🏥 across renal functions (eGFR <30, 30-<60, ≥60 ml/min/1.73m²)
📌QoL (KCCQ-CSS) unchanged
📌Baseline renal…

The next frontier in continuous exercise hemodynamics via remote PAP sensors !
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Jan Verwerft Frederik H. Verbrugge BiykemBozkurt Marco Metra Philippe B. Bertrand Pieter Martens Jeroen Dauw

👀 In this #JCFIgnite article in press, Wilfried Mullens Pieter Martens deep dive into recent trials of diuretic therapies in acute #HeartFailure & explore a “desalination-guided” approach to decongestion. #THT2024

🔗 onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…

Natriuresis-guided decongestion improves diuretic response. Results of our #ENACTHF study were published today in Circ: Heart Failure

A thread 🧵 below

doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHE…

#cardiotwitter #heartfailure #HFA_ESC #MedTwitter

@wilfriedmullens

The #CVCT forum’s commitment to training a more diverse generation of future clinical trialists : academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…
Applications for the Future Trialists Fellowship are open till January 31st :
globalcvctforum.com/future-trialis…
#ClinicalTrials #CardioTwitter

in #CardiacAmyloidosis , ID by TSAT<20% was related to symptoms and RV function (closer than the classic definition of ID)
But TSAT was not better at predicting mortality than the classic definition

⚠️Meta-analysis and meta-regression of the treatment effect of intravenous iron in iron deficient #HF

14 RCTs
👥6624 HF-patients ▶️ 3407 were randomized to intravenous iron and 3217 were randomized to placebo
💉 IV iron resulted
👉⤵️ 14% risk for CV-☠️
👉⤵️17% CV-☠️ and HF🏥…

DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.11.006
Meta analysis of IV iron in HF: RCT's vs placebo by Pieter Martens et al: Bottom line:
✅️ 1st & total heart failure admission
✅️ CV death+HF admission
Significant heterogeneity -> metaregression: possible relation w/baseline transferrin sat%

Pieter Martens presenting aggregate meta analysis of IV iron in HF with simultaneous publication #JACCHF JACC Journals CVCT - CardioVascular Clinical Trialists

#CVCT2023 #JACCHF SimPub: Meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials in #HeartFailure . IV iron reduces both CV-death and HF-readmissions. But it might be time to redefine our definition of iron deficiency based on TSAT. bit.ly/3N5qfU4

CVCT - CardioVascular Clinical Trialists Pieter Martens…

Noncardiac comorbidities type and burden have a significant and cumulative effect on exercise capacity, occur in clusters, and are associated with clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure. bit.ly/40hXp8q

#JACCHF #HeartFailure #CardioTwitter W. H. Wilson Tang, MD

Emerging insights into the pathophysiologic basis, mode action and proof of concept features of renal assist devices in acute decompensated heart failure: bit.ly/3Q1AQjw

#JACCHF #HeartFailure Pieter Martens W. H. Wilson Tang, MD

Today we honor the 2023 HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Randall Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FHFSA! This award recognizes the significant and sustained contribution he has made to the field of heart failure. Congratulations 👏
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic #HFSA2023