Pharmacotherapy of chronic heart failure in the elderly

Czech version

Authors: Veselý Jiří
Authors‘ workplace: Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Univerzita Karlova ; Kardiologická ambulance EDUMED
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2023, 12, č. 1: 29-35
Category: Review Article

Overview

Pharmacological treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is supported by extensive evidence EBM, which includes dozens of clinical trials demonstrating the significant effectiveness of a wide range of molecules. The recent 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure abandon the previous common therapeutic sequence ACEI+BB…MRA…ARNI in HFrEF and recommend for most patients a treatment including 4 basic drug classes influencing the prognosis – ACEI/ARNI, BB, MRA and SGLT2 inhibitors. For the treatment of patients with HFmrEF and HFpEF, the publication of the results of the EMPEROR-Preserved and DELIVER studies, in which a significant effect of empagliflozin and dapagliflozin on the prognosis of patients and on their quality of life, brought new hope.

Keywords:

elderly – SGLT2 inhibitors – heart failure – HFpEF – HFrEF

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