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  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Clyde W. Yancy is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a significant body of work within the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research contributions extend across various subfields, including Surgery, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Yancy's work addresses key topics such as Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Studies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations and Quality of Life, Transplantation Methods and Outcomes, and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • JAMA Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Circulation Heart Failure

Their recent papers are:

  • "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "COVID-19 and African Americans," 2020, JAMA
  • "Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure," 2021, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Yancy has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Gregg C. Fonarow
  • Adam D. DeVore
  • Sadiya S. Khan
  • Larry A. Allen
  • Stephen J. Greene

The scientist's awards include membership in the National Academy of Medicine, obtained in 2016, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

    Piotr Ponikowski;Adriaan A. Voors;Stefan D. Anker;Héctor Bueno

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Joseph S. Alpert;Hugh Calkins

  • 2009 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin;Arthur M. Feldman

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;James C. Blankenship;Steven R. Bailey

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact Goal Through 2020 and Beyond

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Yuling Hong;Darwin Labarthe;Dariush Mozaffarian

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices): Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Andrew E. Epstein;John P. DiMarco;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen;N.A. Mark Estes

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani;Joseph A. Dearani

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: Executive summary: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association task force on practice guidelines, american association for thoracic surgery, american college of radiology, american stroke association

    Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;James C. Blankenship;Steven R. Bailey

  • ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities

    Andrew E. Epstein;John P. DiMarco;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Hugh Calkins;Lin Y. Chen

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Hugh Calkins;Lin Y. Chen

  • COVID-19 and African Americans.

    Clyde W. Yancy

  • 2007 focused update of the ACC/AHA 2004 guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Elliott M. Antman;Mary Hand;Paul W. Armstrong;Eric R. Bates

  • 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Joseph S. Alpert

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregg C. Fonarow
Gregg C. Fonarow University of California, Los Angeles
Adrian F. Hernandez
Adrian F. Hernandez Duke University
Paul A. Heidenreich
Paul A. Heidenreich Stanford University
Nancy M. Albert
Nancy M. Albert Cleveland Clinic
Mihai Gheorghiade
Mihai Gheorghiade Northwestern University
Deepak L. Bhatt
Deepak L. Bhatt Mount Sinai Hospital
Javed Butler
Javed Butler University of Mississippi
Mandeep R. Mehra
Mandeep R. Mehra Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eric D. Peterson
Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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