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Beghini A, Sammartino AM, Papp Z, von Haehling S, Biegus J, Ponikowski P, Adamo M, Falco L, Lombardi CM, Pagnesi M, Savarese G, Metra M, Tomasoni D. 2024 update in heart failure. ESC Heart Fail 2024. [PMID: 38806171 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
In the last years, major progress has occurred in heart failure (HF) management. The 2023 ESC focused update of the 2021 HF guidelines introduced new key recommendations based on the results of the last years of science. First, two drugs, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and finerenone, a novel nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), are recommended for the prevention of HF in patients with diabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD). Second, SGLT2 inhibitors are now recommended for the treatment of HF across the entire left ventricular ejection fraction spectrum. The benefits of quadruple therapy in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are well established. Its rapid and early up-titration along with a close follow-up with frequent clinical and laboratory re-assessment after an episode of acute HF (the so-called 'high-intensity care' strategy) was associated with better outcomes in the STRONG-HF trial. Patients experiencing an episode of worsening HF might require a fifth drug, vericiguat. In the STEP-HFpEF-DM and STEP-HFpEF trials, semaglutide 2.4 mg once weekly administered for 1 year decreased body weight and significantly improved quality of life and the 6 min walk distance in obese patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with or without a history of diabetes. Further data on safety and efficacy, including also hard endpoints, are needed to support the addition of acetazolamide or hydrochlorothiazide to a standard diuretic regimen in patients hospitalized due to acute HF. In the meantime, PUSH-AHF supported the use of natriuresis-guided diuretic therapy. Further options and most recent evidence for the treatment of HF, including specific drugs for cardiomyopathies (i.e., mavacamten in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and tafamidis in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis), device therapies, cardiac contractility modulation and percutaneous treatment of valvulopathies, with the recent finding from the TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial, are also reviewed in this article.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alberto Beghini
- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Heart Diseases, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute of Heart Diseases, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Heart and Vascular and Neuro Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rosano GMC, Stolfo D, Anderson L, Abdelhamid M, Adamo M, Bauersachs J, Bayes-Genis A, Böhm M, Chioncel O, Filippatos G, Hill L, Lainscak M, Lambrinou E, Maas AHEM, Massouh AR, Moura B, Petrie MC, Rakisheva A, Ray R, Savarese G, Skouri H, Van Linthout S, Vitale C, Volterrani M, Metra M, Coats AJS. Differences in presentation, diagnosis and management of heart failure in women. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Eur J Heart Fail 2024. [PMID: 38783694 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite the progress in the care of individuals with heart failure (HF), important sex disparities in knowledge and management remain, covering all the aspects of the syndrome, from aetiology and pathophysiology to treatment. Important distinctions in phenotypic presentation are widely known, but the mechanisms behind these differences are only partially defined. The impact of sex-specific conditions in the predisposition to HF has gained progressive interest in the HF community. Under-recruitment of women in large randomized clinical trials has continued in the more recent studies despite epidemiological data no longer reporting any substantial difference in the lifetime risk and prognosis between sexes. Target dose of medications and criteria for device eligibility are derived from studies with a large predominance of men, whereas specific information in women is lacking. The present scientific statement encompasses the whole scenario of available evidence on sex-disparities in HF and aims to define the most challenging and urgent residual gaps in the evidence for the scientific and clinical HF communities.
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- Giuseppe M C Rosano
- Chair of Pharmacology, Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of Quality of Life, San Raffaele University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Cardiology, San Raffaele Cassino Hospital, Cassino, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's University of London and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Poujol, CIBERCV, Badalona, Spain
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'Prof. C.C. Iliescu', Bucharest, Romania
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- National & Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Chaidari, Greece
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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- Division of Cardiology, General Hospital Murska Sobota, Rakičan, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Armed Forces Hospital, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- City Cardiological Center, Almaty Kazakhstan Qonaev city hospital, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Cardiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Heart and Vascular and Neuro Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical city, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Human Science and Promotion of Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy
- Cardio-Pulmonary Department, IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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- ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Prasad SB, Atherton JJ. Learning from our differences: insights from a global heart failure registry. Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12:e344-e345. [PMID: 38218198 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00593-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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- Sandhir B Prasad
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia; School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia; Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Sumarsono A, Xie L, Keshvani N, Zhang C, Patel L, Alonso W, Thibodeau J, Fonarow GC, Van Spall HGC, Messiah SE, Pandey A. Sex Disparities in Longitudinal Use and Intensification of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circulation 2024; 149:510-520. [PMID: 38258605 PMCID: PMC11069415 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.067489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMTs) are the mainstay of treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but they are underused. Whether sex differences exist in the initiation and intensification of GDMT for newly diagnosed HFrEF is not well established. METHODS Patients with incident HFrEF were identified from the 2016 to 2020 Optum deidentified Clinformatics Data Mart Database, which is derived from a database of administrative health claims for members of large commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans. The primary outcome was the use of optimal GDMT within 12 months of HFrEF diagnosis. Consistent with the guideline recommendations during the time period of the study, optimal GDMT was defined as ≥50% of the target dose of evidence-based beta-blocker plus ≥50% of the target dose of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker, or any dose of angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor plus any dose of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist. The probability of achieving optimal GDMT on follow-up and predictors of optimal GDMT were evaluated with time-to-event analysis with adjusted Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS The study cohort included 63 759 patients (mean age, 71.3 years; 15.2% non-Hispanic Black race; 56.6% male). Optimal GDMT use was achieved by 6.2% of patients at 12 months after diagnosis. Female (compared with male) patients with HFrEF had lower use across every GDMT class and lower use of optimal GDMT at each time point at follow-up. In an adjusted Cox model, female sex was associated with a 23% lower probability of achieving optimal GDMT after diagnosis (hazard ratio [HR], 0.77 [95% CI, 0.71-0.83]; P<0.001). The sex disparities in GDMT use after HFrEF diagnosis were most pronounced among patients with commercial insurance (females compared with males; HR, 0.66 [95% CI, 0.58-0.76]) compared with Medicare (HR, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.77-0.92]); Pinteraction sex×insurance status=0.005) and for younger patients (age <65 years: HR, 0.65 [95% CI, 0.58-0.74]) compared with older patients (age ≥65 years: HR, 87 [95% CI, 80-96]) Pinteraction sex×age=0.009). CONCLUSIONS Overall use of optimal GDMT after HFrEF diagnosis was low, with significantly lower use among female (compared with male) patients. These findings highlight the need for implementation efforts directed at improving GDMT initiation and titration.
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- Andrew Sumarsono
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, CA
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CA
- Research Institute of St. Joseph’s, Hamilton, Ontario, CA
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Mogos MF, Muchira JM, Park C, Osmundson S, Piano MR. Age-Stratified Sex Differences in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Among Adult Hospitalizations. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2024:00005082-990000000-00163. [PMID: 38200643 DOI: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000001069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND There is evidence that heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)-related hospitalizations are increasing in the United States. However, there is a lack of knowledge about HFpEF-related hospitalizations among younger adults. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to perform a retrospective analysis using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and to examine age-stratified sex differences in the prevalence, correlates, and outcomes of HFpEF-related hospitalization across the adult life span. METHOD Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2014), patient and hospital characteristics were determined. Joinpoint regression was used to describe age-stratified sex differences in the annual average percent change of hospitalizations with HFpEF. Survey logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios representing the association of sex with HFpEF-related hospitalization and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS There were 8 599 717 HFpEF-related hospitalizations (2.43% of all hospitalizations). Women represented the majority (5 459 422 [63.48%]) of HFpEF-related adult hospitalizations, compared with men (3 140 295 [36.52%]). Compared with men younger than 50 years, women within the same age group were 6% to 28% less likely to experience HFpEF-related hospitalization. Comorbidities such as hypertensive heart disease, renal disease, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, obesity, anemia, and pulmonary edema explained a greater proportion of the risk of HFpEF-related hospitalization in adults younger than 50 years than in adults 50 years or older. CONCLUSION Before the age of 50 years, women exhibit lower HFpEF-related hospitalization than men, a pattern that reverses with advancing age. Understanding and addressing the factors contributing to these sex-specific differences can have several potential implications for improving women's cardiovascular health.
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Badimon J, Santos-Gallego CG. Men are from mars, but women are not from venus: The benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors after myocardial infarction are independent of gender. Hellenic J Cardiol 2024; 75:93-95. [PMID: 37748647 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Juan Badimon
- Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, UK.
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- Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, UK
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Dixit NM, Parikh NU, Ziaeian B, Fonarow GC. Economic Modeling Analysis of an Intensive GDMT Optimization Program in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients. Circ Heart Fail 2023; 16:e011218. [PMID: 37929591 PMCID: PMC10872946 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.123.011218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The STRONG-HF trial (Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Up-Titration of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies for Acute Heart Failure) demonstrated substantial reductions in the composite of mortality and morbidity over 6 months among hospitalized patients with heart failure (HF) who were randomized to intensive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) optimization compared with usual care. Whether an intensive GDMT optimization program would be cost-effective for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction is unknown. METHODS Using a 2-state Markov model, we evaluated the effect of an intensive GDMT optimization program on hospitalized patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction. Two population models were created to simulate this intervention, a clinical trial model, based on the participants in the STRONG-HF trial, and a real-world model, based on the Get With The Guidelines-HF registry of patients admitted with worsening HF. We then modeled the effect of a 6-month intensive triple therapy GDMT optimization program comprised of cardiologists, clinical pharmacists, and registered nurses. Hazard ratios from the intervention arm of the STRONG-HF trial were applied to both population models to simulate clinical and financial outcomes of an intensive GDMT optimization program from a US health care sector perspective with a lifetime time horizon. Optimal quadruple GDMT use was also modeled. RESULTS An intensive GDMT optimization program was extremely cost-effective with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios <$10 000 per quality-adjusted life-year in both models. Optimal quadruple GDMT implementation resulted in the most gains in life-years with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of $60 000 and $54 000 in the clinical trial and real-world models, respectively. CONCLUSIONS An intensive GDMT optimization program for patients hospitalized with HF with reduced ejection fraction would be cost-effective and result in substantial gains in clinical outcomes, especially with the use of optimal quadruple GDMT. Clinicians, payers, and policymakers should prioritize the creation of such programs.
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- Neal M. Dixit
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
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- School of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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Tomasoni D, Adamo M, Metra M. September 2023 at a glance: focus on acute heart failure and health status. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:1473-1476. [PMID: 37848348 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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- Daniela Tomasoni
- Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Civil Hospitals; Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Civil Hospitals; Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardio-Thoracic Department, Civil Hospitals; Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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