Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach to Heart Failure: Patient Identification and Treatment Using Novel Device Therapy

Despite guideline-directed medical therapy, many patients with heart failure will continue to develop worsening symptoms and diminishing quality of life. Baroflex activation therapy (BAT) may be a treatment option for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Data show clinical benefit with this treatment approach including long-term symptom improvement and reduction in all-cause death. To ensure optimal outcomes with BAT, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary. In this activity, expert faculty review the rationale for BAT therapy, the supporting clinical data, the surgical procedure for the BAT device, and best practices for optimizing a multidisciplinary approach.