Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During Hospitalization

Heart failure remains a huge societal concern despite medical advancement, with an annual direct cost of over $30 billion. While guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is proven to reduce morbidity and mortality, many eligible patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are...

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Main Authors: Neal M Dixit, Shivani Shah, Boback Ziaeian, Gregg C Fonarow, Jeffrey J Hsu
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Language:English
Published: Radcliffe Medical Media 2021-04-01
Series:US Cardiology Review
Online Access:https://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2020.29
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description Heart failure remains a huge societal concern despite medical advancement, with an annual direct cost of over $30 billion. While guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is proven to reduce morbidity and mortality, many eligible patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are not receiving one or more of the recommended medications, often due to suboptimal initiation and titration in the outpatient setting. Hospitalization serves as a key point to initiate and titrate GDMT. Four evidence-based therapies have clinical benefit within 30 days of initiation and form a crucial foundation for HFrEF therapy: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors with or without a neprilysin inhibitor, β-blockers, mineralocorticoid-receptor-antagonists, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors. The authors present a practical guide for the implementation of these four pillars of GDMT during a hospitalization for acute heart failure.
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spelling doaj-art-ca54115097ca404abb834a9b50fca39c2024-12-14T16:02:42ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaUS Cardiology Review1758-38961758-390X2021-04-011510.15420/usc.2020.29Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During HospitalizationNeal M Dixit0Shivani Shah1Boback Ziaeian2Gregg C Fonarow3Jeffrey J Hsu4Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CADepartment of Pharmacy Services, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CADepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CADepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CADepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CAHeart failure remains a huge societal concern despite medical advancement, with an annual direct cost of over $30 billion. While guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is proven to reduce morbidity and mortality, many eligible patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are not receiving one or more of the recommended medications, often due to suboptimal initiation and titration in the outpatient setting. Hospitalization serves as a key point to initiate and titrate GDMT. Four evidence-based therapies have clinical benefit within 30 days of initiation and form a crucial foundation for HFrEF therapy: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors with or without a neprilysin inhibitor, β-blockers, mineralocorticoid-receptor-antagonists, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors. The authors present a practical guide for the implementation of these four pillars of GDMT during a hospitalization for acute heart failure.https://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2020.29
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Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During Hospitalization
US Cardiology Review
title Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During Hospitalization
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title_full_unstemmed Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During Hospitalization
title_short Optimizing Guideline-directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction During Hospitalization
title_sort optimizing guideline directed medical therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction during hospitalization
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