| Chapter title |
Heart Failure Guidelines on Pharmacotherapy
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 24 |
| Book title |
Heart Failure
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| Published in |
Handbook of experimental pharmacology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/164_2017_24 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-959658-7, 978-3-31-959659-4
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| Authors |
Lampros Papadimitriou, Carine E. Hamo, Javed Butler |
| Abstract |
Heart Failure (HF) is a serious emerging Public Health issue mainly in the high-income countries. In the USA, more than 6 million adults are affected. Despite the latest advances in device and pharmacological therapeutics, it still carries a huge burden, partially reflected in the annual healthcare cost of approximately $30 billion (2012) and the 5 year mortality rate of 50%. In this article, we review the medications, proven to significantly reduce mortality and morbidity in HF patients with structural myocardial disease and past or current symptoms, based on the latest North American HF guidelines. We, finally, perform a brief comparison between the former recommendations and the published 2016 HF guidelines by European Society of Cardiology. |
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| Unknown | 19 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Researcher | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 11% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 37% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 47% |