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Bhatt AS, Fonarow GC, Greene SJ, Holmes DN, Alhanti B, Devore AD, Butler J, Heidenreich PA, Huang JC, Kittleson MM, Linganathan K, Joyntmaddox KE, McDermott JJ, Owens AT, Peterson PN, Solomon SD, Vardeny O, Yancy CW, Vaduganathan M. Medical Therapy Before, During and After Hospitalization in Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure and Diabetes: Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Registry. J Card Fail 2024; 30:319-328. [PMID: 37757995 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are at risk for worsening clinical status. Little is known about the frequency of therapeutic changes during hospitalization. We characterized the use of medical therapies before, during and after hospitalization in patients with HF and DM. METHODS We identified Medicare beneficiaries in Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) hospitalized between July 2014 and September 2019 with Part D prescription coverage. We evaluated trends in the use of 7 classes of antihyperglycemic therapies (metformin, sulfonylureas, GLP-1RA, SGLT2-inhibitors, DPP-4 inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, and insulins) and 4 classes of HF therapies (evidence-based β-blockers, ACEi or ARB, MRA, and ARNI). Medication fills were assessed at 6 and 3 months before hospitalization, at hospital discharge and at 3 months post-discharge. RESULTS Among 35,165 Medicare beneficiaries, the median age was 77 years, 54% were women, and 76% were white; 11,660 (33%) had HFrEF (LVEF ≤ 40%), 3700 (11%) had HFmrEF (LVEF 41%-49%), and 19,805 (56%) had HFpEF (LVEF ≥ 50%). Overall, insulin was the most commonly prescribed antihyperglycemic after HF hospitalization (n = 12,919, 37%), followed by metformin (n = 7460, 21%) and sulfonylureas (n = 7030, 20%). GLP-1RA (n = 700, 2.0%) and SGLT2i (n = 287, 1.0%) use was low and did not improve over time. In patients with HFrEF, evidence-based beta-blocker, RASi, MRA, and ARNI fills during the 6 months preceding HF hospitalization were 63%, 62%, 19%, and 4%, respectively. Fills initially declined prior to hospitalization, but then rose from 3 months before hospitalization to discharge (beta-blocker: 56%-82%; RASi: 51%-57%, MRA: 15%-28%, ARNI: 3%-6%, triple therapy: 8%-20%; P < 0.01 for all). Prescription rates 3 months after hospitalization were similar to those at hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS In-hospital optimization of medical therapy in patients with HF and DM is common in participating hospitals of a large US quality improvement registry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ankeet S Bhatt
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center and Division of Research, Oakland, CA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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- Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
| | - Muthiah Vaduganathan
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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