November 2019

CARDIOVASCULAR

HEART FAILURE: THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR

Featuring: Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc

Episode Summary

Clyde W. Yancy MD, MSc discusses high-level treatment options for heart failure based on the ACC/AHA heart failure guidelines. He shares that heart failure is not inevitable but can be indeed prevented. He examines why the SGLT2-inhibitor story is exciting, how it came about and what the practitioner should do today with this new information.
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc is a cardiologist and chief of the division of cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and a past president of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Yancy has received recognition for clinical and research expertise in the field of heart failure and has additional interests in cardiomyopathy, heart valve diseases, hypertension and prevention. He is also associate director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, and is the Magerstadt Professor of Medicine, professor of medical social sciences, and vice-dean of diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

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