July 2, 2009
Sound Science Podcast: Treating and Preventing Heart Failure
Javed Butler, MD, MPHAlthough the U.S. mortality rate for heart failure has fallen in recent decades, heart failure itself is on the rise thanks to an aging population and a sharp increase in the prevalence of obesity.
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, director of heart failure research at Emory Healthcare and associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, is looking for new ways to prevent and treat the condition.
