Objectives: This study sought to determine whether the likelihood of receiving primary
intensive care unit (ICU) care by a cardiologist versus a noncardiologist was greater for …

Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) may require cardiac intensive care unit (CICU)
admission, yet little is known about the epidemiology of advanced HF in the community …

There are several indisputable facts. First, heart failure (HF) prevalence continues to
increase, and the predictions for 2030 are concerning, with an estimated 8 million …

The care delivery team (CDT) is critical to providing care access and equity to patients who
are disproportionately impacted by congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the specific …

Racial and ethnic disparities in acute heart failure (HF) have been reported but remain
incompletely understood. 1 As most HF admissions initiate in the emergency department …

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine factors associated with receiving
cardiologist care among patients with an acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure …

Importance Involvement of a cardiologist in the care of adults during a hospitalization for
heart failure (HF) is associated with reduced rates of in-hospital mortality and hospital …

To the Editor Figueroa and colleagues1 reported that fee-forservice (FFS) Medicare and
Medicare Advantage (MA) inpatients with heart failure shared similar complexity, clinical …

Multidisciplinary interprofessional outpatient care improves mortality for patients with heart
failure (HF) but is underutilized. We sought to identify factors associated with not …