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Characterisation of the octogenarians presenting to the diagnostic heart failure clinic: SHEAF registry

Open Heart

Introduction Heart failure (HF) incidence is increasing in older adults with high hospitalisation and mortality rates. We aimed to determine the clinical characteristics which were associated with optimisation of HF pharmacological intervention in the clinic, conducting multivariate regression analysis.

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Comparative cardiovascular outcomes of novel drugs as an addition to conventional triple therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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Background Currently, there is no head-to-head comparison of novel pharmacological treatments for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were identified from Medline, Scopus up to June 2021.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So she went back in 4 weeks and this time saw another doctor who asked her to stop the inhalers and suggested that it could be her heart and organised a chest X-ray and blood tests. Medications that improve quality of life in heart failure for example include diuretics. I’ll go through each of them step by step.