Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Mariell Jessup, MD

Dr. Mariell Jessup, professor of medicine and medical director of the Heart Failure/Transplant Program within the University of Pennsylvania Health System, discusses the current approach to severe congestive heart failure (CHF) with host Dr. Lee Freedman. Is non-compliance a common problem among CHF patients? How does a heart failure specialist factor into the treatment progression? Learn more about the sophisticated pacemakers, assist devices and transplant procedures that are changing the prognosis for patients with class IV CHF.