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Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial

Cardiology Update

Despite proven benefits in reducing morbidity and mortality, many heart failure (HF) patients do not receive optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). This includes beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, ARNIs, MRAs, and SGLT2 inhibitors. ESC Heart Failure 2024; 11 : 560–569.

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Effect of psychosocial aspects on medication adherence in patients with heart failure amid socioeconomic challenges

Open Heart

Objective To evaluate stress, depression and quality of life among community-dwelling patients with heart failure (HF) and evaluate their effect on perceived medication adherence in a socioeconomically challenged setting. were on ACE inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and 54.9% The mean age was 61.3±17.36

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Heart Failure – Does Testosterone Hold the Key?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Today’s video is on the subject of heart failure. Heart failure is a chronic clinical syndrome characterised by the inability of the heart to pump out enough blood to meet the body’s requirements. Anything that affects the heart in a bad way may in its severest form lead to heart failure.

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Resynchronising the Heart in Heart Failure

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Today’s vlog is on the subject of heart failure and in particular on a special type of pacemaker which can make a significant improvement to the quality of life and length of life in patients with heart failure. What is heart failure?

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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.