Heart Failure Beat

Are mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) ready for prime time in HFpEF and HFmrEF?  In this special debate-format episode of the Heart Failure Beat, two leading heart failure pharmacists, Sto...

Heart failure care is entering a new era - one defined not by singular devices, but by integrated systems of technology working together. In this episode, Laura Peters, DNP, joins The Heart Failure Be...

For decades, sodium restriction has been treated as a cornerstone of heart failure self-care—despite limited trial-quality evidence. In this episode of Heart Failure Beat, Dr. Tariq Ahmad (Yale School...

Priya Umapathi, MD speaks with six HFSA past presidents live from ASM 2025. Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, Jim Fang, MD, FHFSA, Mark H. Drazner, MD MSc, Michael Felk...

Guest editors Drs. Mak, Burkhoff, and Belkin join Heart Failure Beat to unpack the Journal of Cardiac Failure Hemodynamics Focus Issue. They discuss how renewed attention to pressure-volume loops, ECM...

Meet the editorial team behind JCF-Intersections, HFSA’s and the JCF Family of Journal’s new open-access journal. Drs. Jason Katz and Nosheen Reza share their vision for a journal that sits at the cro...

In this episode of the Heart Failure Beat, Dr. Eric Adler of UC San Diego Health joins the show to discuss his landmark gene therapy trial for Danon disease, recently published in the New England Jour...

In this episode of Heart Failure Beat, Dr. Shashank Sinha—Medical Director of the CICU at Inova Fairfax—joins hosts Dr. Priya Umapathi and Dr. Michael Beasley to unpack the 2025 ACC Expert Consensus S...

In this compelling episode of the HF Beat, join hosts Michael Beasley, MD and Priya Umapathi, MD and an esteemed panel of experts, including Dr. Eileen Hsich, Dr. Anu Lala, and Dr. Ilan Goldenberg, as...

In this episode of the HF Beat, our hosts Michael and Priya sit down with Dr. Biykem Bozkurt, a leading expert in heart failure, to discuss the alarming rise of heart failure mortality rates in not ju...

On this episode of HF Beat, Michael Felker, MD, FHFSA, current HFSA President, shares HFSA’s vision for the coming year, highlighting initiatives to expand patient and caregiver engagement, bolster re...

This episode highlights critical updates in heart failure care with insights from leading experts. First, Marat Fudim, MD, MHS discusses the HFSA statement on device-based therapies, including emergin...

In this episode of the Heart Failure Beat, our hosts sit down with Dr. James Fang, immediate past president of the Heart Failure Society of America, to discuss highlights from his term and the advance...

In this episode of Heart Failure Beat, Priya and Michael interview Dr. Partho Sengupta – cardiology artificial intelligence (AI) aficionado – who shares his expertise on the role of AI in transforming...

On the July episode of the Heart Failure Beat, we celebrate the graduation of newly-minted advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologists. Michael and Priya welcome doctors Matthew Colna, Lekha R...

In this month's episode, we welcome guests Stuart Prenner, MD and Kavita Sharma, MD to discuss what is quickly becoming the predominant form of heart failure in the United States: Heart Failure with P...

On the May episode of the Heart Failure Beat, Michael and Priya welcome Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH, FHFSA and Adrian daSilva-deAbreu, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D to discuss the evaluation and management of obesity ...

On the April episode of the Heart Failure Beat, Priya and Michael take on adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with guests Chetan Pasrija, MD, MS, and Ari Cedars, MD, and discover that it’s never too...

We are pleased to announce that we are back after a brief hiatus, with segments recorded around the holidays in late 2023. In this episode, our hosts will discuss the broad topic of women in heart fai...

Priya and Michael chat with the editors of the Journal of Cardiac Failure about what constructive disruption to scientific publishing means, touching on broad inclusion, double-blind peer reviews with...

The newly released HF Stats℠ revealed that the incidence, prevalence, mortality and hospitalization rates of heart failure are increasing despite advances in treatment modalities, guideline recommenda...

On this episode, we bring you interviews recorded live at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting in early October 2023. The episode kicks off with a discussion with HFSA President James C. Fang, MD, FHFSA...

Our co-hosts interview Jacob Abraham, MD, about navigating the concepts and controversies surrounding Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring for heart failure patients.  ...

In this month's featured discussion, our co-hosts interview Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD, and Shelley Hall, MD, on the 2018 update to the UNOS allocation system for donor hearts and where the heart transplan...

In this month's featured discussion, our co-hosts welcome Yousif Ahmad, BMBS, MRCP, PhD, and review the evidence supporting coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic heart failure. ...

The program's hosts, Michael Beasley, MD, and Priya Umapathi, MD, interview Clyde Yancy, MS, MSc, as well as Robert Centor, MD, MACP, about best practices and strategies for managing adult heart failu...

The conversation around equity in care continues as our co-hosts interview Nasrien Ibrahim, MD, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit The Equity in Heart Transplant Project, Inc. about c...

Michael Beasley, MD sits down with Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, one of the co-authors on the recently released HFSA Expert Consensus Statement on the Medical Management of Patients on Durable Mechanical C...

Our co-hosts interview Paul Heidenreich, MD, FHFSA a co-author of the 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure about economic considerations in the management of HF. On "From Fa...

Attention aspiring Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology faculty, this quick segment is for you! Looking for good advice on succeeding as an early career faculty member? Tune in as Michael ...

On this quick follow-up to the February episode, Priya Umapthi MD interviews Biykem Bozkurt MD, PhD, FHFSA on CAM - what is it and what are the risks of CAM to GDMT? ...

Tune into this episode of HF Beat to hear co-hosts Michael Beasley, MD, and Priya Umapathi, MD, discuss complementary and alternative meds in the treatment of HF with guest, Nosheen Reza, MD. ...

On part two of this episode series, hosts Michael Beasley, MD and Priya Umapathi, MD continue their discussion on the top highlights of 2022 with current HFSA president Dr. John Teerlink. The STRONG-H...

Hosts Michael Beasley, MD and Priya Umapathi, MD interview current and immediate past presidents John Teerlink MD, FHFSA, and Mark Drazner MD, MSc, FHFSA on the most significant events that took place...

On this episode our host Kevin Shah, MD passes the torch to the new co-hosts of the Heart Failure Beat: Michael Beasley, MD and Priya Umpathi, MD. Tune in and get to know what’s coming up on the podca...

Podcast host Kevin Shah, MD, engages  Alanna Morris, MD, and Robert Page, PharmD, co-authors of the HFSA Position Paper The Impact of Healthcare Disparities on Patients with Heart Failure on key takea...

Evolving strategies for the management of heart failure in the context of COVID-19 are discussed with the lead authors of three papers published in the July issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure. ...

Virtual Visits for the care of patients with heart failure in the era of COVID-19 and beyond -- best practices, policy changes, reimbursement, and more. ...