There is debate about whether a hospital’s 30-day readmission rate is a sufficient measure for the quality of care it provides. Do you think the readmissions metric is one that should be used in heart...
We want to know your position on the use of implantable hemodynamic monitors. Do you think the monitors are necessary for all patients with heart failure? Let us know by taking our poll.
About 5.7 million US adults have HF, and 1 in 9 deaths in 2009 included HF as contributing cause. Do you think HF specialists the only physicians who should treat patients with HF?
Listen to the podcast with Paul Mather, MD, about candidates for mechanical support devices and the history of the major devices in the United States. Then take this quiz to see what you’ve learned!
