Polypharmacy in older adults is common and is associated with a lower probability of achieving optimal guideline-directed therapy for #heartfailure. Read more about the study here: bit.ly/3oLDfEZ #JACCHF

Cardiac NPs from Vanderbilt crushing 20 miles in less than 8 hours! Woohoo!!!

Q: What is the association of cardiac magnetic resonance quantitative thresholds and outcomes in patients with aortic regurgitation? A: The authors report that in asymptomatic AR patients with preserved LVEF, CMR findings can be used to guide management. bit.ly/41ohEQC

Join us next week Thursday 5/18 @ 5pm CST for Kathryn Lindley ‘s talk on “Cardiovascular Care of Women.” If you have any questions for Dr Lindley before next weeks talk, please leave them in the comments!

It's #WomensHealthWeek! #HeartDisease is the leading cause of death in women in America. Help your patients learn about their risk for heart disease, what they can do to lower their chance of developing it & heart-healthy habits with #CardioSmart: bit.ly/3gLLBne

Don’t forget to tune in this week, 5/18 @ 5pm. We’d love to hear some questions you might have for Dr. Lindley as well, feel free to leave some questions in the comments!

What a phenomenal talk on women’s cardiovascular health last night with Kathryn Lindley ! Thank you to all who joined us and a special thank you to Dr Lindley for sharing her wealth of knowledge with us!

Our very own Rachel Schreier Theresa Davies APRN and Wendy Kilbourne RN soaking up all the EP knowledge at #HRS2023 this weekend!

Circulation Research #COVID-19 and the #Cardiovascular System CompendiumAlert! Multimodality Cardiac #Imaging in COVID ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Authored by Drs. SN Holby, TL Richardson Jr, Luke Laws, MD, TA McLaren, JH Soslow, MT Baker, dendyjm, Dan Clark, & SG Hughes

Congratulations to the authors of the HRS Expert Consensus on the Management of Arrhythmias During Pregnancy. #cardioobstetrics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Shout out to Rachel Schreier NP and Wendy Kilbourne RN for representing Vanderbilt EP at HRS conference!

FDA Update: U.S. FDA has approved sotagliflozin (Inpefa), the first dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor for the treatment of heart failure, including HFpEF & HFrEF. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3MUtU6n

Just a reminder that there is an educational session tomorrow, 7/8, at 6:30 CST to aid in preparation for the CCKE NP/PA Exam! If you need the link to sign up, please let us know! @VUMC_OAP @VUMC_heart

Concurrent use of amiodarone and apixaban/rivaroxaban was associated with higher rates of bleeding hospitalization than with flecainide or sotalol. Read more on risk for bleeding-related hospitalizations with DOACs & amiodarone: bit.ly/3NhkOlu #cvGeri #AFib

Mark your calendars! After June Grand Rounds we will be taking a couple months hiatus and will return in September!

Meet Andrea Davis, one of our new Electrophysiology NPs! Andrea received her MSN from Rush University in Chicago and a post-masters degree from Vanderbilt in Acute Care. Andrea enjoys traveling and is looking forward to her upcoming trips to Thailand and Greece!

The initiation of beta-blocker therapy was found to be associated w/ a ↘️ in combined CV risk among a population of patients 66-105 y/o w/ angiographically documented CAD, LVEF ≥35% & no history of #heartfailure. Read more in #JACC: bit.ly/3NqEO5d

Check out our very own Ali Moran Deborah Payne & Tiffany Street at the Society of Vascular Nursing Conference in National Harbor, MD!

Last week, the ACC/AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA released a guideline on the management of patients with chronic coronary disease. Read key points from the guideline: bit.ly/3Dl7feT

Over 420K Americans have an out-of-hospital sudden #CardiacArrest each year & about 10,200 are children. Giving CPR & using an AED within the first few minutes of SCA can greatly improve the chances of survival. Share our SCA #CardioSmart infographic: bit.ly/3lZjwLD