This content is machine translated Heart failure Gradually expand drug therapy! Chronic heart failure mainly occurs in older people. The drug therapy options available today represent a decisive advance in treatment options. According to current ESC guideline recommendations, it is advisable...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure and type 2 diabetes SGLT-2-i now recommended for the entire LVEF spectrum Based on data from large clinical trials, it is currently recommended that all patients with diabetes and chronic heart failure – regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction – are treated…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Pharmacotherapy in HFrEF and HFmrEF – Combination of four as gold standard. Important therapeutic goals in chronic heart failure are to improve quality of life and to reduce the risk of hospitalization and mortality. According to current evidence, guideline-based therapy with the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Guideline-based therapy: do’s & don’ts In addition to the groundbreaking new discovery of dapagliflozin as an effective and safe add-on therapy option in heart failure, there are several other interesting updates. Potassium levels are an…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated DGK 2018 Therapy of HFrEF: Something New, Old and Borrowed An update on modern heart failure therapy was given at the DGK Congress in Mannheim. Where are the ARNIs currently located? What is the procedure for special patient requests? There…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Heart failure update Which drugs for which patients? The new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure were presented at this year’s congress of the European Society of Cardiology at the end of May. The new…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 10th Zurich Hypertension Day Does “ARNI” represent a new, blood pressure-lowering active principle? On January 15, 2015, the Zurich Hypertension Day was held for the tenth time at the University Hospital Zurich. Already five minutes before the start of the event, the large…