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McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

Optimizing heart failure therapy in an ICD clinic

2021-11-05
Aiman Alak, Khalid Azzam

Dr Aiman Alak, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology at the Department of Medicine, McMaster University, joins Dr Khalid Azzam to review the role of optimal medical therapy (including implantable cardiac devices) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and to discuss preliminary findings of a quality improvement initiative. The webinar was recorded at the Chair's Medical Grand Rounds on October 21, 2021.

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