Dalane W. Kitzman

Jan 6, 2025 | agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dalane W. Kitzman

The people of western North Carolina, struggling to recover from hurricane Helene, the most devastating natural disaster in the recorded history of the area, recently received an assist from an unusual source. As soon as the governor announced that nonemergency travel to the area was allowed again, Robert “Bob” Sink leapt into action.

Aug 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Dalane W. Kitzman |Robert J. Mentz |Gregory Lewis |Robin Myte

Key PointsQuestion  What are the effects of verinurad, a novel urate transporter–1 inhibitor, on exercise capacity and symptoms in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and elevated serum uric acid (SUA) level?

Dec 7, 2023 | ahajournals.org | John McMurray |Kieran F. Docherty |Ann Hammarstedt |Dalane W. Kitzman

BACKGROUND:Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce the risk of worsening heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF irrespective of left ventricular ejection fraction. It is important to determine whether therapies for HF improve symptoms and functional capacity.

Aug 31, 2023 | agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dalane W. Kitzman

On a hot sunny day in Auckland, New Zealand, I am standing in a long line of tourists waiting for an extremely delayed double-decker tour bus. Someone shouts, “Is there a doctor?!” But I'm already on my way, gently nudging the flabbergasted tour guide away from the limp, crumpled body of an older man lying unconscious on the sidewalk. The man's skin is clammy; his eyes are rolled back. No pulse, no breathing. Instinctively, I kneel next to the man's body and start CPR.

May 29, 2023 | agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dalane W. Kitzman

Next year I will be old enough to qualify for Medicare. My memory is not as sharp as when I was younger. However, no matter how old I become, and no matter how shaky my memory, I believe I will be haunted by the most vivid memory of my first day at college. My mother and younger sister, Devone, had dropped me off at college and were preparing to leave. Devone was only 7 years old at the time, and I was her father figure. I had helped raise her after our father had died 5 years earlier.