Carys B
@carysbarton.bsky.social
Proud to be an NHS Heart failure nurse consultant. Mum, wife, dog mum. Love my family, friends,dogs and otters ! Posting my own personal opinions only such as they are…..
Heart failure awareness week 2025. #25in25 #detecttheundetected #freedomfromfailure
Prevalence estimated to double by 2040 but we can make a difference with prevention, early detection and treatment ! Think HF - fighting for breath , fatigue , fluid build up -BNP/NTproBNP ❤️
Prevalence estimated to double by 2040 but we can make a difference with prevention, early detection and treatment ! Think HF - fighting for breath , fatigue , fluid build up -BNP/NTproBNP ❤️
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Heart failure awareness week 2025. #25in25 #detecttheundetected #freedomfromfailure
Prevalence estimated to double by 2040 but we can make a difference with prevention, early detection and treatment ! Think HF - fighting for breath , fatigue , fluid build up -BNP/NTproBNP ❤️
Prevalence estimated to double by 2040 but we can make a difference with prevention, early detection and treatment ! Think HF - fighting for breath , fatigue , fluid build up -BNP/NTproBNP ❤️
66% of patients with symptomatic HCM with outflow tract obstruction improve NYHA class with mevacampten many NYHA I. Game changer for these patients. Fascinating talk from Alison Muir. #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure rate limiting step is lack of echo
May 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
66% of patients with symptomatic HCM with outflow tract obstruction improve NYHA class with mevacampten many NYHA I. Game changer for these patients. Fascinating talk from Alison Muir. #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure rate limiting step is lack of echo
THINK AMYLOID! More prevalent than we realise. Look for the red flags. HF nurses are well placed to question red flags and escalate patients for diagnosis and treatment . Geraint Jenkins #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHNurseForum @WelshHFNF @BSHeartFailure
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
THINK AMYLOID! More prevalent than we realise. Look for the red flags. HF nurses are well placed to question red flags and escalate patients for diagnosis and treatment . Geraint Jenkins #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHNurseForum @WelshHFNF @BSHeartFailure
Genetic screening of inherited cardiomyopathies. Great talk from Julian Omerod. I understand a wee bit more every time ! Kudos to ICC teams #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure
May 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Genetic screening of inherited cardiomyopathies. Great talk from Julian Omerod. I understand a wee bit more every time ! Kudos to ICC teams #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure
Aaron Wong teaching us the difference in MRAs , which to use when and use in HFpEF. Geographic variation raises questions from topcat ⬆️bnp in americas cohort. Finehearts-HF ? Next pillar in HFpEF ? #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure
May 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Aaron Wong teaching us the difference in MRAs , which to use when and use in HFpEF. Geographic variation raises questions from topcat ⬆️bnp in americas cohort. Finehearts-HF ? Next pillar in HFpEF ? #mdt25 #freedomfromfailure @BSHeartFailure
@BeckyHyland3 HFpEF many services do not review this cohort and those that do are often understaffed to manage this complex condition #MDT25 #freedomfromfailure
May 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
@BeckyHyland3 HFpEF many services do not review this cohort and those that do are often understaffed to manage this complex condition #MDT25 #freedomfromfailure
Obesity and HF . Vicky Ruzalla giving a very informative talk. GLP-1a science goes back 1906 first inj 2005! More than weight loss ⬇️ inflammation, fibrosis , lipids, Visceral fat , BP ⬆️ exercise tolerance , QOL . But should people stay on for life ? #freedomfromfailure #mdt25
May 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Obesity and HF . Vicky Ruzalla giving a very informative talk. GLP-1a science goes back 1906 first inj 2005! More than weight loss ⬇️ inflammation, fibrosis , lipids, Visceral fat , BP ⬆️ exercise tolerance , QOL . But should people stay on for life ? #freedomfromfailure #mdt25
Here we go @BSHeartFailure #MDT25 #freedomfromfailure Cardiff is beautiful
May 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Here we go @BSHeartFailure #MDT25 #freedomfromfailure Cardiff is beautiful
Need to retire to Spain now !
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Need to retire to Spain now !
So proud that our team took part in this
Our paper from @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social #BEATHF project published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social “Earlier Detection of Heart Failure at Community Heart Health Events Using the BEAT-HF tool” kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... @carysbarton.bsky.social @clarejtaylor.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So proud that our team took part in this
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Our paper from @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social #BEATHF project published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social “Earlier Detection of Heart Failure at Community Heart Health Events Using the BEAT-HF tool” kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... @carysbarton.bsky.social @clarejtaylor.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our paper from @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social #BEATHF project published in @jaccjournals.bsky.social “Earlier Detection of Heart Failure at Community Heart Health Events Using the BEAT-HF tool” kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... @carysbarton.bsky.social @clarejtaylor.bsky.social
A huge thanks to @adamjogee.bsky.social for sponsoring our Heart Month parliamentary reception today.
We look forward to continuing to work with you in Parliament to make sure heart care remains a key health priority ❤️
#HeartsNeedMore
We look forward to continuing to work with you in Parliament to make sure heart care remains a key health priority ❤️
#HeartsNeedMore
February 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
3rd March. Great agenda and networking ! See you there
February 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
3rd March. Great agenda and networking ! See you there
Huge surprise I was totally shell shocked ! Incredibly proud to receive this award for doing something I love with people who are so special. I’m on cloud 9 !
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Huge surprise I was totally shell shocked ! Incredibly proud to receive this award for doing something I love with people who are so special. I’m on cloud 9 !
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
An early wish for a happy and healthy 2025. Life is too short to dwell on the past. The NY is a symbolic time to let go of past and be happy and grateful for the good in our lives. Thank you to my fantastic friends and family who have been my strength and fed my soul and kept me going in 2024. ❤️
December 31, 2024 at 10:11 AM
An early wish for a happy and healthy 2025. Life is too short to dwell on the past. The NY is a symbolic time to let go of past and be happy and grateful for the good in our lives. Thank you to my fantastic friends and family who have been my strength and fed my soul and kept me going in 2024. ❤️
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December 7, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Predicted heart mass is the optimal metric for donor-recipient size matching in heart transplantation. But the maths is tough at 3am. Download our simple Heart Transplant Sizing App for free from the Apple Store.
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My direct appeal to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Good palliative care can alleviate the pain of dying – this bill means Labour must fund it | Rachel Clarke
Making dying easier is not the solution when NHS, social and palliative care are simply not there for patients
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:32 AM
My direct appeal to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Following a successful public awareness, testing campaign during Eurovision last year & across the UK this year, huge thanks to @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social for coming back to Liverpool to spread awareness about #heartfailure #BEATHF @carysbarton.bsky.social @poppybrooks.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Following a successful public awareness, testing campaign during Eurovision last year & across the UK this year, huge thanks to @pumpingmarvellous.bsky.social for coming back to Liverpool to spread awareness about #heartfailure #BEATHF @carysbarton.bsky.social @poppybrooks.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 AM
What IT/Bluesky literate person is going to set up a HF group so I can become vicariously semi clever through you ?
November 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
What IT/Bluesky literate person is going to set up a HF group so I can become vicariously semi clever through you ?
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As interest in our 60-minute BEAT to TREAT protocol grows, we thought we'd share an explainer video of the pathway. We take innovation seriously and make it happen.
#BeatHF #HeartFailure
vimeo.com/1023895754
#BeatHF #HeartFailure
vimeo.com/1023895754
BEAT to TREAT in 60 minutes
As interest in our 60-minute BEAT to TREAT protocol grows, we thought we'd share an explainer video of the pathway. We take innovation seriously and make it…
vimeo.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
As interest in our 60-minute BEAT to TREAT protocol grows, we thought we'd share an explainer video of the pathway. We take innovation seriously and make it happen.
#BeatHF #HeartFailure
vimeo.com/1023895754
#BeatHF #HeartFailure
vimeo.com/1023895754