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Sequencing Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Does It Really Matter?
Hu J, Schwann A, Tan J, Nuqali A, Riello R, Beasley M. Sequencing Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Does It Really Matter? Cardiology Clinics 2023, 41: 511-524. PMID: 37743074, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2023.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced ejection fractionEjection fractionHeart failureChronic kidney diseaseQuadruple therapyTarget dosingTherapy initiationAtrial fibrillationKidney diseaseSpecial populationsMedicationsConventional sequencesTolerabilityBradycardiaPatientsFailureFibrillationDosingTherapyInitiationDiseaseDosesGDMT
2022
Thirty-Day and 90-Day Episode of Care Spending Following Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Reinhardt SW, Clark KAA, Xin X, Parzynski CS, Riello R, Sarocco P, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Thirty-Day and 90-Day Episode of Care Spending Following Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008069. PMID: 35861780, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertensive heart diseaseIndex hospitalizationMedicare beneficiariesPost-acute care spendingService administrative claims dataMedicare Bundled PaymentsHeart failure admissionsHeart failure hospitalizationPrimary discharge diagnosisChronic kidney diseaseAdministrative claims dataCare spendingPostacute care spendingSkilled nursing facilitiesCare Improvement ProgramDrivers of costDiastolic HFHF careHF hospitalizationSystolic HFFailure hospitalizationDischarge diagnosisKidney diseaseObservation staysPostacute care