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Mar 2025
12m 57s

Cleveland Clinic's Breadth of Heart Fail...

Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
About this episode

Heart failure means the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should. Amanda Vest, MBBS, and Edward Soltesz, MD, discuss the types of heart failure, medical and surgical treatment options and Cleveland Clinic’s multidisciplinary approach to heart failure treatment and recovery.

Meet the Presenters:
Amanda Vest, MBBS, Section Head of Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/32674-amanda-vest
Edward Soltesz, MD, Surgical Director of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure and Recovery
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/8050-edward-soltesz

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