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- Title
Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction in a Latin-American Country: Observational Study of the Colombian Heart Failure Registry (RECOLFACA).
- Authors
Rivera-Toquica, Alex; Echeverría, Luis Eduardo; Arias-Barrera, Carlos Andrés; Mendoza-Beltrán, Fernán; Hoyos-Ballesteros, Diego Hernán; Plata-Mosquera, Carlos Andrés; Ortega-Madariaga, Juan Carlos; Carvajal-Estupiñán, Juan Fernando; Quintero-Yepes, Viviana; Zárate-Correa, Luz Clemencia; García-Peña, Ángel Alberto; Velásquez-López, Nelly; Anchique, Claudia Victoria; Saldarriaga, Clara Ines; Gómez-Mesa, Juan Esteban
- Abstract
Introduction: Although several guidelines recommend that patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) be treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers (ACEIs/ARBs) or angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs), beta-blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs), and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), there are still several gaps in their prescription and dosage in Colombia. This study aimed to describe the use patterns of HFrEF treatments in the Colombian Heart Failure Registry (RECOLFACA). Methods: Patients with HFrEF enrolled in RECOLFACA during 2017–2019 were included. Heart failure (HF) medication prescription and daily dose were assessed using absolute numbers and proportions. Therapeutic schemes of patients treated by internal medicine specialists were compared with those treated by cardiologists. Results: Out of 2,528 patients in the registry, 1,384 (54.7%) had HFrEF. Among those individuals, 88.9% were prescribed beta-blockers, 72.3% with ACEI/ARBs, 67.9% with MRAs, and 13.1% with ARNIs. Moreover, less than a third of the total patients reached the target doses recommended by the European HF guidelines. No significant differences in the therapeutic schemes or target doses were observed between patients treated by internal medicine specialists or cardiologists. Conclusion: Prescription rates and target dose achievement are suboptimal in Colombia. Nevertheless, RECOLFACA had one of the highest prescription rates of beta-blockers and MRAs compared to some of the most recent HF registries. However, ARNIs remain underprescribed. Continuous registry updates can improve the identification of patients suitable for ARNI and SGLT2i therapy to promote their use in clinical practice.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; HEART failure patients; PATIENT compliance; HEART failure; VENTRICULAR ejection fraction; ANGIOTENSIN-receptor blockers
- Publication
Cardiology, 2024, Vol 149, Issue 3, p228
- ISSN
0008-6312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000535916