Heart failure (HF) remains one of the most common causes of hospitalization and mortality among Polish patients. The position of the Section of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy presents the currently applicable options for pharmacological treatment of HF based on the latest European ...
Myocarditis is one of the many possible forms of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Its clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients with self-limited disease to fulminant heart failure that can lead to death. In most cases treatment consists of supportive care only. The ...
Heart Failure Society of America, and European Society of Cardiology offer recommendations for the management of AHFS, addressing the role of diuretics, vasodilator
Heart failure patients need GPs to adhere to treatment guidelines to improve health outcomes.To examine the extent to which pharmacotherapy of heart failure patients referred for a Home Medicines Review (HMR) adheres to heart failure management guidelines.This retrospective study examined HMR reports ...
Pharmacotherapy of patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: let's get the evidence! doi:10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae088European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular PharmacotherapyLuedde MarkSossalla Samuel
Aging is associated with numerous alterations in body composition and organ function that result in substantial changes in the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of virtually all drugs. In addition, older patients with heart failure (HF) almost invariably have multiple coexisting medica...
Heart failure is a chronic and progressive disorder which results due to inability of the heart to pump adequate blood to meet up the metabolic demands of the body. Detecting patients with heart failure could be simple but rather complex of clinical decisions as presentation could be classical or...
Pharmacology Department: Pharmacotherapy of Systolic Heart Failure: A Review of Recent Literature and Practical ApplicationsMilfred-LaForestS.K.ingentaconnectJournal of Cardiovascular Nursing
A survey is given of the currently used therapeutics in the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure. Symptomatic treatment is usually performed along the following lines: rest, sodium and fluid restriction to unload the decompensating heart, loop diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors ...
Temporal trends in pharmacotherapy for congestive heart failure at an academic medical center: 1990-1995 = 109; 1995, = 188). The median age was 74 years; 37.3% of the patients were men, and 45.1% were white. Among patients with impaired systolic function, the... MW Rich,K Brooks,P Lu...