Ben Clark

Abbott Heart Failure - Territory Manager

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

@AndrewJSauer Guns n Roses, Jamiroquai and Dave Matthew’s on the radio at the same time. It was an emotion rollercoaster and you just held on for the ride.

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Heart failure care still breaks down at the same point: congestion.

Despite guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT), patients decompensate because we’re late in recognizing rising filling pressures.

Remote pulmonary artery (PA) pressure monitoring can help change that equation.

I increasingly think of it not as an adjunct or device strategy, but as a foundational pillar of HF management, alongside GDMT.

Why?

Because PA pressure data:
• Makes congestion visible before symptoms appear
• Supports proactive, precision medication titration
• Helps optimize GDMT in a safer physiologic state
• Enables real-time risk stratification and trajectory tracking
• Keeps us ahead of the disease, not reacting to it

GDMT modifies the disease.

PA pressure monitoring with tools like Abbott’s #CardioMEMS device can
inform timing, sequencing, and intensity of their care plan.

When used in the right patients at the right time, it becomes the connective tissue between therapies, turning episodic care into continuous care that is not dependent on the bricks-and-mortar clinic.

If congestion is the final common pathway in HF, then measuring it proactively should be core, not optional.

The future of HF care is not more rescue. It’s an earlier signal, smarter response, and sustained stability.

US Safety Information:
https://t.co/zFZqoECA0m
failure/pulmonary-pressure-monitors/cardiomems/indications-safety-
warnings.html

#CardioEd #AbbottPartner

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

@AndrewJSauer Get out of my head.

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

@AndrewJSauer @ChickfilA A vaccine and Chik-n-mini’s?! Kids onto something.

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

I increase one patient’s Entresto and started Farxiga on two other patients today without seeing or talking to any of them. #grateful for our nurse coordinators #remotemonitoring #CardioMEMS #HeartLogic @AbbottCardio @BSCCardiology @MrBenJClark

[Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute @MidAmericaHeart]

#GrandRounds from @MichaelNassifMD about the SGLT2i journey, including EMBRACE HF testing empagliflozin in patients with #CardioMEMS which was conceived and operated through @MidAmericaHeart

@MkosiborodMD @saintlukeskc @AbbottCardio @Boehringer @LillyMedical

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Here’s my simple logic on this. Perhaps too simple. Total VAD volumes are dropping in many places due to this challenge. If we look back at 2020 and learn that total VAD/HTX cases performed in the US are declining —that seems to mean we have failed to provide access to therapy.

[Abbott Cardiovascular @AbbottCardio]

Safe, Reliable, Proven. #CardioMEMS is the first & only wireless #heartfailure remote monitor clinically proven to significantly reduce HF hospitalization.

Read new studies reaffirming CHAMPION data, including its safety and reliability & safety info: https://t.co/SsB6nLPI3g

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Who is joining us this evening? HFpEF EBM therapies are lacking. But remote PA pressure monitoring has an expanding role! Don’t miss this moderated discussion as @HFSA approaches! @AbbottCardio @MrBenJClark

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

In following more than 200 CardioMEMS patients over the past 5 years, I can confidently say remote PA pressure monitoring is better diagnostically than my ability to assess JVP through @zoom_us @JonathanDavisHF @Abraham_Jacob @SusanJosephMD @SunitChaudhryMD @RyanTedfordMD

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

@AndrewJSauer @DrNasrien @mpsotka @DoctorRTC @rcogswell_umn @RyanTedfordMD @ajaysmd @JonathanDavisHF @gmac78 @menachem_j @JJheart_doc @JeffTeuteberg @MKIttlesonMD @JHMontfort10 @yaleHFdoc @VorovichHeartMD @KhazanieHeart @ShashankSinhaMD Toronto ‘21!!

[Abbott Cardiovascular @AbbottCardio]

4/30 @ 5pm CT: @AndrewJSauer, @hfdocbhimaraj and Dr. Kunjan Bhatt discuss #remotemonitoring of PA pressures using #CardioMEMS and #telemedicine visits during #COVID19 for #HeartFailure patients.

Register now: https://t.co/9GgDn4pr5C

Safety Info:
https://t.co/RpzhQi7jzV

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Our three centers represent some large volume collective experience with this technology and also some of the highest enrollment in the soon to be reported GUIDE-HF study. Join us for this discussion tomorrow!

[Abbott Cardiovascular @AbbottCardio]

Join @AndrewJSauer, @hfdocbhimaraj and Dr. Kunjan Bhatt on 4/30 while they discuss how #remotemonitoring of PA pressures using #CardioMEMS can help #HeartFailure patient management and #telemedicine visits.

RSVP: https://t.co/nT4liWTEVX

Safety Info:
https://t.co/Dc0LUomcnP

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Well all this tweeting hasn’t been for nothing! @IAmDrIbrahim @yaleHFdoc @ShashankSinhaMD @NirUrielMD @ajaysmd @RyanTedfordMD @KG_heartfailure @JonathanDavisHF @MichaelNassifMD @MrBenJClark @Abraham_Jacob @SumeetMitter @KhazanieHeart @SunitChaudhryMD @rcogswell_umn @MRMehraMD

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

Excellent panel. Cannot wait! #remotemonitoring #CardioMEMS

[Andrew J Sauer MD @AndrewJSauer]

Join me, @hfdocbhimaraj, Kunjan Bhatt and others next week — discussion on how remote PA pressure monitoring is effectively paired with aggressive #Telemedicine virtual visits. https://t.co/RZ1t1Wjj0F

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

Hope! @MichaelNassifMD thank you for sharing this.

[Michael Nassif @MichaelNassifMD]

New York COVID update (day 16). Absolute death decreased, 606 vs. 778 yesterday (606 would be lowest weekday number since April 3rd. Relative daily increase and 5-day moving avg continues to trend down 1/3

[Ben Clark @MrBenJClark]

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