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Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Published on: February 13, 2021

Advanced heart failure: a call to action.

Stuart D Russell¹, Leslie W Miller, Francis D Pagani

¹Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. srusse14@jhmi.edu

Congestive Heart Failure (Greenwich, Conn.)

|December 17, 2008

Summary

Despite medical advances, heart failure remains a leading cause of death. This review explores advanced therapies and simple "office predictors" to identify patients who could benefit, aiming to improve heart failure outcomes.

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Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Published on: February 13, 2021

Area of Science:

Cardiology
Clinical Medicine
Public Health

Background:

Heart failure (HF) causes over 250,000 deaths annually in the US.
Existing risk models have not significantly improved patient outcomes or altered therapies.
Advanced HF requires effective strategies for morbidity and mortality prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

To review current therapies for advanced heart failure.
To evaluate existing risk stratification models for heart failure.
To introduce simple clinical predictors for identifying patients who may benefit from advanced therapies.

Main Methods:

Literature review of medical therapies for advanced heart failure.
Analysis of risk models predicting heart failure morbidity and mortality.
Identification of "office predictors" from clinical data.

Main Results:

Review of established and emerging therapies for advanced heart failure.
Assessment of the predictive accuracy of various heart failure risk models.
Presentation of simple clinical factors as potential predictors of treatment benefit.

Conclusions:

There is a need for improved methods to identify patients with advanced heart failure.
Simple "office predictors" may aid in selecting patients for advanced therapies.
Better risk stratification could lead to improved outcomes in heart failure management.