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Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Published on: February 13, 2021
Current treatment of heart failure with reduction of left ventricular ejection fraction
1a Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology , Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College , Macy Pavilion, Room 141, Valhalla , NY 10595 , USA.
Introduction:
Heart failure is the commonest cause of hospitalization and of rehospitalization This review paper is a comprehensive review of current treatment of heart failure in 2016. The target of this review is all health care professionals who treat patients with heart failure. Areas covered: This article discusses stages of heart failure, treatment of heart failure with general measures, and drug therapy with diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, beta blockers, aldosterone antagonists, isosorbide dinitrate plus hydralazine, digoxin, other neurohormonal antagonists, sacubitril/valsartan, calcium channel blockers, and ivabradine. This article also discusses treatment of heart failure with use of cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and surgical therapy, and management of end-stage heart failure. This paper was written after an extensive Medline search reviewing articles written from 1970 through May, 2016. Expert commentary: Our approach as physicians must emphasize prevention of heart failure as well as treating it. Risk factors for developing heart failure, especially hypertension, must be better controlled starting in childhood. I concur with the current heart failure treatment guidelines (Tables 1 and 2 in this paper).
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