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USE OF DRUGS WITH BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) LOWERING PROPERTIES AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (HFPEF) AND LOW SYSTOLIC BP (SBP)

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Discharge SBP <120 mmHg is associated with poor outcomes in HFpEF (AHA2016 Abstract 20566). We examined associations of BP-lowering drugs with outcomes in these patients. Of the 8873 hospitalized patients with HF with EF ≥50% in Medicare-linked OPTIMIZE-HF registry, 2812 had discharge SBP <120

Keywords: drugs blood; outcomes patients; use drugs; blood pressure; lowering properties; pressure lowering

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2018

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