Uncovering Global Disparities in Care: Heart Failure Without Borders

Heart failure (HF) continues to impose a major morbidity and mortality burden on patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Despite its increasing prevalence, substantial confusion persists regarding the classification of underlying risk factors and etiologic conditions. Furthermore, significant disparities exist in HF burden, care delivery, and clinical outcomes. This session will explore efforts to unify the definition of HF etiologies, highlight sociodemographic disparities in disease burden, and examine regional, ethnic, and racial inequities in access to guideline-directed medical therapy and advanced HF therapies.

Agenda

• Moderator - Preethi Pirlamarla, MD
• Moderator - Yosef Manla, MD
• Can We Speak the Same Language? Defining Heart Failure Etiologies and Lifetime Risk on the Global Scale - TBD
• Sociodemographic Differences in the Global Burden of Heart Failure: Insights From the GBD Study - Jong-Chan Youn, MD
• Disparities in Heart Failure Mortality Around the World: Have We Moved the Needle? - Albert Hicks, MD, MPH
• Regional, Ethnic, and Racial Inequities in Access to Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy and Advanced Therapies Worldwide - Stefan Anker, MD, PhD
• Panel Discussion