Heart Failure Hub Scotland

Delighted to announce that the position for a Heart Failure Hub Coordinator is now open! A very exciting opportunity for anyone who would like to drive change within Heart Failure in Scotland!

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Last month we collaborated with the British Heart Foundation and others to publish a new consensus statement on cardiovascular disease - read it here: www.bsecho.org/Publi...

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Thank to you everyone who attended the 2025 Living Well with #HeartFailure patient carer conference

Read about the day, discussions and next steps heartfailurehubscotland.co.uk/living-well-...

Dr John Sharp begins our afternoon session by describing the impact of psychological distress on people living with #heartfailure, healthcare services & challenges with access to psychology professionals #cardiosky

@clarelmurphy.bsky.social & Stephen Kirkham discuss how people with #heartfailure can make the most of their consultations with healthcare professionals, sharing resources from charities

More information on this coming soon to the @hfhubscotland.bsky.social
website

#Cardiacrehab is an important component of #heartfailure care
Fiona Kirkwood, @NHSGGC CR nurse specialist highlights the components of CR & why it is beneficial

Amanda Baird provides an important update of
@CHSScotland
advice line & how it supports people with CVD including #heartfailure
Find out more chss.org.uk/services/che...
#cardiosky

A huge thank you to our third sector colleagues who have made todays 'Living Well with #heartfailure' conference possible
@alliancescot.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social Cardiomyopathy UK @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social Chest Heart Stroke Scotland

Great presentations from Laura Mackintosh & @gcampb48
highlighting the work in NHS Scotland to improve #heartfailure diagnoses & care:
-early diagnosis
-ambulatory care
-digital care
-early supported discharge
-hospital@home
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@markcpetrie20.bsky.social provides an overview of foundational #heartfailure therapies,importance of seeing HF specialists & new treatments
Audience feedback highlighting challenges that remain in communication around diagnosis & delays to treatment but the value of seeing HF specialists #cardiosky

#cardiosky

Heart Failure Hub Scotland work plan update - Heart Failure Hub Celebrating 10 years of Heart Failure Hub in 2024

Dr Alan Japp, Chair of @HFHubScotland, kicks of the 2025 Living Well With #heartfailure Patient & Carer conference highlighting the the role of the HF Hub in education, data & research and service developments across🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Read more about the Hub's workplan heartfailurehubscotland.co.uk/heart-failur...

How to handle polypharmacy in #heartfailure A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association @escardio.bsky.social
A rational, pragmatic & multidisciplinary approach to drug prescription in the current era of multi-morbidity & multi-medication in HF
doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3…
#cardiosky

Announcing the new cardiac amyloidosis diagnostic pathway in Scotland - Heart Failure Hub Heart failure can be a complex condition with many underlying causes, one of which is cardiac amyloidosis (CA). CA is a rare but increasingly recognised cause

Announcing the new cardiac amyloidosis diagnostic pathway in Scotland. Together, we can enhance early recognition, improve patient outcomes, and raise awareness of this often-overlooked condition

www.heartfailurehubscotland.co.uk/announcing-t...

Models of Care - Heart Failure Hub Our pathways highlight best practices, from early diagnosis and intervention to long-term management and follow-up care. With an emphasis on multidisciplinary

Check out our heart failure ‘models of care’ page. This resource provides information on pathways and models of care designed to optimise the management of heart failure

www.heartfailurehubscotland.co.uk/models-of-ca...

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Access #HeartFailure patient tools including the latest infographic on Low Iron and HF 👇, action plans, decision aids, fact sheets, videos and more at the #CardioSmart HF Topic Hub.

Learn more: bit.ly/4gBWpT8

#HeartMonth #HFWeek2025

Beyond Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy: Nonpharmacologic Management for Patients With Heart Failure.

www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

@jaccjournals.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #HeartFailure #JaccHF

Our joint publication with @jcardfail.bsky.social & @ajpcardio.bsky.social is out!
Underpinnings of #HeartFailure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Women - From Prevention to Improving Function
#HFpEF #CVPrev #CardioTwitter #womenshearthealth #heartmonth
📎 onlinejcf.com/article/S107...

Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Heart Failure in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy.

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

@ahajournals.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #ATTR-CM #AHAJOURNALS #HeartFailure

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Cardiac Rehabilitation plays a crucial role in managing advanced heart failure, improving patient outcomes through multidisciplinary, long-term care strategies.

#cardiacrehabilitation is essential for patients with advanced #heartfailure, including those with implantable devices & frailty. Let's bridge the gap in CR access for better patient outcomes!

Read full #OpenAccess 👉 cvia-journal.org/cardiac-reha...

#hearthealth #rehabilitation #MedicalInnovation

European Journal of HF editorial: The expanding role of #heartfailure nurses: A call for harmonized standards across Europe doi.org/10.1002/ejhf...

Examining the clinical role and educational preparation of heart failure nurses across Europe doi.org/10.1002/ejhf...

#CardioSky

Register now for #HeartFailure Hub patient & carer education event
22 March
Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel
More info & registration www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-...

The @hfhubscotland.bsky.social website has been updated to reflect the new work streams of the Hub & will host more information on models of care, trials recruiting & HF guidance, education & events

heartfailurehubscotland.co.u
#cardiosky

Dr Eilidh Hill shares some geriatric perspective pearls of wisdom on managing frailty and HF:

🫀 Comprehensive strategy to identify and correct problems
🫀HF + frailty = worse outcomes🫀 Most important to IDENTIFY frailty

#MedSky #CardioSky

Professor Mark Petrie takes us through detecting the aetiology of heart failure

🫀 need to do more digging rather than label of HFpEF or HFrEF
🫀 be comprehensive - genetics, drugs
🫀 Inflammatory cardiomyopathies are more common than you think!

#CardioSky #MedSky #EchoSky

Welcome to Ensuring Success with Heart Failure 2025!

Kicking off for the first session Dr Caroline Coats covers NT-proBNP in clinical practice:

🫀 Useful summary of what factors affect the result
🫀raised NT-proBNP =/= HF!!
🫀 Excellent negative predictive value ✅

#CardioSky #MedSky

Thank you for joining us, Amanda! Hope you enjoy the day 😃

@hfhubscotland.bsky.social
Thanks for organizing remote joining option into your conference today 🙂

2025 #HeartFailure Hub Annual Conference - one week to go

We are delighted to have a sold-out event. If you registered & cannot attend please let us know so we can transfer your space to someone on the waiting list.