Heart failure develops when the heart, via an abnormality of cardiac function (detectable or not), fails to pump blood at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues or is able to do so only with an elevated diastolic filling pr
An evidence for lipid lowering therapy in heart failure is briefly summarized in this review.Heart failure therapy is based on recent guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. The question of the importance of hypolipidemic treatment in heart failure remains ...
The 2023 update of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines recommends (class IA) the administration of sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) also for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF). Thus, SGLT2i are the...
ST. GALLEN,Switzerland,Aug. 28, 2023/PRNewswire/ -- CSL Vifor is pleased to announce that the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) have upgraded recommendations in the ESC 2023 guidelines for the treatment of iron deficiency acute and chronic HF with IV iron supplementation, including Ferinject...
Tab.2 Summary of recommended drugs for chronic heart failure treatment in domestic and international guidelines 表2 国内外指南慢性心衰治疗药物推荐汇总 中国:《中国心力衰竭诊断和治疗指南2024》;美国:《2022 AHA/ACC/ HFSA心力衰竭的管理指南》;欧洲:《2021 ESC急性和慢性心力衰竭诊断和治疗指南及2023更新版》...
Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) is the new definition for heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between 41% and 49% in the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and...
4:11 Heart Failure: Diagnostics and TreatmentManagement of Acute Decompensated HF In general, HF management recommendations follow similar principles, but details of management may vary based on practice location. The following information was derived from US, European, and UK guidelines and literature....
Although right ventricular (RV) apical pacing has long been a standard treatment for symptomatic AV block, it has become clear that in a proportion of patients, right ventricular pacing (RVP) can lead to dyssynchronous left ventricular (LV) contraction and HF. With the introduction of biventricu...
Heart failure, condition in which the heart muscle does not contract and relax effectively, thereby reducing the performance of the heart as a pump and compromising blood circulation. Heart failure is not a specific disease but the result of underlying c
The Korean Society of Heart Failure (KFHS) said it published the “2022 Complete Revision of Heart Failure Treatment Guidelines,” containing 10 important treatment changes.The newest guideline is the first completely revised heart failure treatment guid