"How long would we wait after GDMT [guideline-directed medical therapy ... and provided symptomatic relief and functional improvement in HFrEF and HFpEF. Going forward, he predicted that shunt ...
Despite being eligible for guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), tens of millions of patients across the globe are not receiving the heart failure care they need. By optimizing the ...
According to a survey of primary care physicians and cardiologists, the number one reason for not prescribing quadruple guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) was that they felt patients’ current ...
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, discusses the current mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) used for heart failure (HF) with midrange ejection fraction (EF) and HF with preserved EF ...
Orthopnea can be defined as dyspnea that develops in the recumbent position and is relieved by elevation of the head with pillows. In the recumbent position, there is reduced pooling of fluid in ...
But there are tools that exist that can improve outcomes, such as guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). New UCLA-led research highlights the important role that these guidelines can play in ...
The trial was done in adults with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The data, posted online on August 1, has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Persistent orthopnea in chronic HF is able to identify a group of patients who are at significantly higher risk of hospitalization and with no improvement in LVEF. Patients who are free of ...
But there are tools that exist that can improve outcomes, such as guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). "These guidelines are being significantly underutilized in clinical settings globally ...