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- Title
New pharmacological and technological management strategies in heart failure.
- Authors
Chaudhry, Sunit-Preet; Stewart, Garrick C.
- Abstract
Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome resulting from impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood associated with symptoms of dyspnea, fatigue, as well as peripheral and/or pulmonary edema. This syndrome is progressive and characterized by worsening quality of life despite escalating levels of care, affecting 5.7 million Americans with an annual cost of over ≥30 billion US dollars. Treatment for this syndrome has evolved over three distinct eras: the nonpharmacological era, the pharmacological era, and the device era, with the focus shifting from symptomatic relief to decreasing morbidity and mortality. Over the past 10 years, the field has undergone a renaissance, with the development of new pharmacologic, hemodynamic monitoring, and device therapies proven to improve outcomes in patients with heart failure. This article will review several recent innovations in the management of patients with heart failure.
- Subjects
HEART failure treatment; PHARMACOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL care costs; HEART disease related mortality
- Publication
Vascular Health & Risk Management, 2017, Vol 13, p111
- ISSN
1176-6344
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2147/VHRM.S106841