March 17, 2016European Journal of Heart Failure
Moving Away from Symptoms-Based Heart Failure Treatment: Misperceptions and Real Risks for Patients with Heart Failure
Key result
Despite symptom stability, heart failure remains a progressive disease with high mortality, as approximately 30% of patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure die within a year of discharge.
Population
Patients with heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction and NYHA class II-IV symptoms.
Design
Editorial
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Implication
Heart failure treatment should focus on optimizing guideline-directed medical therapy across all symptom classes rather than relying on symptom stability to guide care.
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Population
Patients with heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction and NYHA class II-IV symptoms.
Heart failure treatment should focus on optimizing guideline-directed medical therapy across all symptom classes rather than relying on symptom stability to guide care.
Cite This Study
Butler et al. (2016) conducted an editorial in Heart failure. Despite symptom stability, heart failure remains a progressive disease with high mortality, as approximately 30% of patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure die within a year of discharge.