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A Race Against Time: Accelerating the Adoption of GDMT in Heart Failure

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  • Heart Failure

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A Race against Time: Accelerating the Adoption of GDMT in Heart Failure
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Overview

This symposium emphasises the critical role of accurate and rapid diagnosis in enabling physicians to quickly start guideline-directed medical therapy. Prof Antoni Bayes-Genis (University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ES), Dr Lisa Anderson (St George's Hospital, London, UK) and Dr Stephen Greene (Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, US) discuss and reflect on current guidelines and emerging algorithms, offering insights into the challenges surrounding delays and adoption rates in both community and hospital settings and their profound impact on patient care.

Presented, and recorded, at HFA 2024 in Lisbon, PT

Support Statement

This Satellite Symposium was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca who had no involvement in the content.

Target Audience

  • Cardiologists
  • Heart Failure Specialists

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Recall guideline recommendations for the use of NT-proBNP in heart failure
  • Describe current practices in heart failure diagnosis and the impact on treatment outcomes
  • Develop an optimised approach to the timely diagnosis and management of heart failure

Module

Title

Duration

Speakers

1 Welcome and Introduction 4m 44s Lisa Anderson
2 Implementing GDMT: What Should We Be Doing? 15m 59s Antoni Bayés-Genís
3 Implementing GDMT: What Is Really Happening? 17m 13s Lisa Anderson
4 The Implication of Delayed Diagnosis and Sub-Optimal GDMT 14m 13s Stephen J Greene
5 Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A - Accelerating the Adoption Of GDMT 2m 32s Antoni Bayés-Genís
6 Key Take-Home Messages and Close 43s Antoni Bayés-Genís
1.

Welcome and Introduction

Duration: 4m 44s

Speakers: Lisa Anderson

2.

Implementing GDMT: What Should We Be Doing?

Duration: 15m 59s

Speakers: Antoni Bayés-Genís

3.

Implementing GDMT: What Is Really Happening?

Duration: 17m 13s

Speakers: Lisa Anderson

4.

The Implication of Delayed Diagnosis and Sub-Optimal GDMT

Duration: 14m 13s

Speakers: Stephen J Greene

5.

Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A - Accelerating the Adoption Of GDMT

Duration: 2m 32s

Speakers: Antoni Bayés-Genís

6.

Key Take-Home Messages and Close

Duration: 43s

Speakers: Antoni Bayés-Genís

Chair

Antoni Bayés-Genís

Antoni Bayés-Genís

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ES

Antoni Bayés-Genís is Head of the Heart Institute at the University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol in Barcelona, and Professor of Cardiology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

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Speaker

Lisa Anderson

Lisa Anderson

St George’s Hospital, London, UK

Dr Lisa Anderson is a Heart Failure Consultant and Honorary Reader in the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute at St George's Hospital in London, UK.

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Stephen J Greene

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, US

Dr Greene is a cardiologist with a clinical and research interest in improving quality of care and outcomes for patients with heart failure.

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