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For nearly 15 years, Dr. Rajan Bhatt has served as a cardiologist at Spectrum Dermatology & Vein Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alongside his everyday work seeing patients, Dr. Rajan Bhatt is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
In late 2017, ACC released a new update to its document titled Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, with new information about treating patients who have reduced ejection fraction, a condition where the left portion of the heart doesn’t pump as much blood to the body as it should. In recent years, new data about how to optimally treat these patients has become available, which is why the organization felt it was time to update the document.
Some of the elements of the guidance include criteria for starting new therapy or changing therapy in reduced-ejection-fraction patients, guidelines for using multiple drug treatment strategies, when to consult with a doctor who specializes in heart failure, and when the right time might be to switch to pain management and hospice treatment in severe cases. The updated guidance can be found at onlinejacc.org.
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