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Frailty interferes with the guideline‐directed medical therapy in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction

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Guideline‐directed medical therapy (GDMT) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is recommended in clinical guidelines, but elderly patients have not fully received GDMT in the clinical… Click to show full abstract

Guideline‐directed medical therapy (GDMT) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is recommended in clinical guidelines, but elderly patients have not fully received GDMT in the clinical situation. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics of patients who have not received GDMT and the association between implementation of GDMT at discharge and physical frailty in patients with HFrEF who were hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

Keywords: heart failure; directed medical; guideline directed; heart; medical therapy

Journal Title: ESC Heart Failure
Year Published: 2022

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