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Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial

Cardiology Update

This includes beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, ARNIs, MRAs, and SGLT2 inhibitors. The ADMINISTER trial aims to provide the first randomized controlled data on the impact of DCs on GDMT prescription rates, optimization time, healthcare efficiency, quality of life, and satisfaction for both patients and clinicians.

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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

Heart failure or cardiac insufficiency has marked negative effects both on quality of life and quantity of life. People with a weak heart do not in general live as long as those with a strong heart and people with a weak heart will in general have a significantly worse quality of life compared to those with a strong heart.

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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. length of life? You can download this script as a Hindi translation here. What is heart failure?

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Pharmacological treatments: These can be divided into 2 groups Medications that improve quality of life (usually by relieving symptoms) and medications that can prolong life. Medications that improve quality of life in heart failure for example include diuretics.