Initiation of Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Patients According to Kidney Function: A Danish Nationwide Study

• Published in: Clinical epidemiology Vol. 15; pp. 855 - 866
• Main Authors: Zahir Anjum, Deewa, Strange, Jarl Emanuel, Fosbøl, Emil, Garred, Caroline Hartwell, Malik, Mariam Elmegaard, Andersson, Charlotte, Jhund, Pardeep S, McMurray, John J V, Petrie, Mark C, Kober, Lars, Schou, Morten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2023; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Analysis; Cardiac patients; Care and treatment; chronic kidney disease; Chronic kidney failure; Epidemiology; guideline-directed medical therapy; Heart failure; Homeopathy; Materia medica and therapeutics; Original Research; Pharmaceutical industry; real-world data; Therapeutics; Denmark; Switzerland; Germany; epidemiology; heart failure; chronic kidney disease; real-world data; guideline-directed medical therapy

Use of medical therapies for heart failure (HF) patients with moderate kidney dysfunction is low. We hypothesized that lack of initiation of HF therapy reflects the clinicians' reluctance in very elderly and frail patients more than kidney dysfunction itself. HF patients were identified from na...