This 2020 year-in-review summarizes key advancements in heart failure management, including new therapies for HFrEF and better stratification for HFpEF.
During year 2020, we learned new options to better stratify patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) (A), the clinical benefit of three new drugs to improve prognosis of patient with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF): empagliflozin, vericiguat and omecamtiv mecarbil (B), the potential benefit of a broader utilization of recommended drugs for HFrEF in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction higher than 40% (C), and the potential added clinical benefit of a comprehensive use of recommended drugs for HFrEF (D) in a year marked by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic (central cartoon).
Bueno et al. (2020) studied this question.