Does the use of GDMT at discharge improve the use of GDMT over time in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure?
Initiating GDMT during hospitalization for acute heart failure is critical because post-discharge uptake remains persistently low over the subsequent 12 months.
Following a hospitalization for heart failure, GDMT use remained low and did not numerically improve over 12 months. Use of GDMT at discharge was significantly associated with the use of GDMT over time, highlighting the importance of initiating GDMT during hospitalization.
Shoji et al. (2024) studied this question.