Study results suggest a gap between guideline-recommended medical therapy and prescription of drugs to frail patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Current HFA-ESC guidelines for diuretics in acute heart failure led to significant increases in natriuresis and diuresis over 2 days compared with usual care, in ENACT-HF.
The SGLT2 inhibitor didn t relieve congestion more effectively than a thiazide-like diuretic when added to furosemide in loop-diuretic–resistant patients with acute heart failure.
An electronic alert system didn t get physicians to prescribe more guideline-directed meds at discharge for their patients hospitalized with acute HF in a randomized trial.
The Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist system is being recalled because of the risk of purge fluid leakage. The company reports 179 complaints, three injuries, and no deaths related to the problem.