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When Heart Failure Treatment Isn’t Enough: Signs It’s Time to Refer for Advanced Heart Failure Care
Advanced heart failure does not always present as a single defining event. Referring physicians may instead notice a pattern of worsening symptoms, recurrent hospitalizations or increasing difficulty maintaining a patient’s clinical stability.
Early referral to an advanced heart failure team can optimize care and clarify disease causes before a patient reaches a crisis.
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Signs for referral include two or more hospitalizations for heart failure within a year and progressive intolerance to guideline-directed medical therapy.
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The Center for Heart Failure develops personalized treatment plans based on patients' disease stages, comorbidities, and goals of care.
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Patients do not need to be identified as candidates for advanced therapies before referral; the team will evaluate and determine next steps.
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Baptist Health’s Center for Heart Failure offers multidisciplinary care, advanced therapies, and access to clinical trials for complex heart failure conditions.
