This is the second episode in a special three-part series of the Diabetes Core Update podcast, focusing on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in people with diabetes.
Sponsored by Roche, this series provides primary care clinicians and healthcare professionals with actionable insights into screening, diagnosis, and treatment of HFpEF, a major complication in cardiometabolic care.
In this episode, host Dr. Neil Skolnik discusses treatment strategies for HFpEF with expert guest Dr. James Jannuzzi, a cardiologist and professor at Harvard Medical School. Building on the first episode’s discussion of screening and diagnosis, this installment highlights evidence-based treatments and their integration into diabetes care.
Presented by:
· Neil Skolnik, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health
· James Jannuzzi, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Staff Cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Senior Cardiometabolic Faculty at Baim Institute for Clinical Research.
Selected references:
· Heart Failure: An Underappreciated Complication of Diabetes. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2022
· 2023 American College of Cardiology Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2023
Tune in to the third and final episode, where the series will explore clinical decision-making and case-based applications of HFpEF treatments.
This special edition of Diabetes Core Update is sponsored by Roche.