Heart failure medication optimization

Transthoracic Echocardiography in Adults

Initial evaluation for CRT device optimization after implantation ... Re-evaluation (<1 y) in a patient at risk for heart failure (HF) without structural heart disease on prior ... examination without a clear precipitating change in medication or diet

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Current Guidance for the Management of Adult Hospitalized ...

of medication requires the prescriber’s careful con sideration of risk/benefit, consultation between experts ... and/or optimization of therapy, in accordance with the principles of stewardship, after review of the ... • Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class II, III, or IV)

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Managing Heart Failure in Primary Care (10-1161)

Heart Failure Epidemiology Heart failure (HF) affects 6.5 million people in the U.S.—a number expected to increase to more than eight million by 2030.1 HF is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations and is the most expensive Medicare diagnosis. 2 It is also one of the leading causes of hospital admissions in the VA.

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GET WITH THE GUIDELINES - American Heart Association

Systolic heart failure •Also referred to as “HF with reduced ejection fraction” (HFrEF) •Clinical diagnosis of heart failure + LVEF less than or equal to 40% •Commonly due to coronary artery disease, often with history of prior MI •Other common causes • Toxic cardiomyopathy 2/2 ETOH use, cocaine, chemo • Viral/myocarditis -> dilated cardiomyopathy

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GET WITH THE GUIDELINES - American Heart Association

Systolic heart failure •Also referred to as “HF with reduced ejection fraction” (HFrEF) •Clinical diagnosis of heart failure + LVEF less than or equal to 40% •Commonly due to coronary artery disease, often with history of prior MI •Other common causes • Toxic cardiomyopathy 2/2 ETOH use, cocaine, chemo • Viral/myocarditis -> dilated cardiomyopathy

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