Heart Failure Treatment Slides Flashcards
General Approach for drugs via HF treatment
Try to initiate AS MANY mortality reducing drugs as the patient can tolerate, then titrate up to the target doses
The addition of a new class of medications decreases…
Mortality A LOT
Increasing a dose of a mortality decreasing drug decreases…
Mortality A LITTLE
Target doses of all GDMT=
Most mortality reduction
A little bit of everything is better than a lot of a few things
Treatment goals: If ‘de novo’ (newly diagnosed) HFrEF, achieve maximally tolerated or target doses within…
3 months
Treatment goals: If discharged from the hospital for HFrEF, achieve maximally tolerated or target doses within…
6 weeks
HFrEF Treatment GDMT
ARNI (or ACEI/ARB) +
Evidence-based
beta-blocker + MRA
+ SGLT inhibitor
HFrEF Treatment GDMT: What to do for patients with persistent volume overload?
Add/titrate a diuretic agent (usually a loop diuretic)
(very common)
HFrEF Treatment GDMT: What to do for patients with persistently symptomatic African-American patients on other GDMT?
Add hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate
(decreases mortality but only in a certain population)
HFrEF Treatment GDMT: What to do for patients with a resting HR ≥ 70 bpm on maximally tolerated beta-blocker and in sinus rhythm
Add Ivabradine (Corlanor)
HFrEF Treatment GDMT: What to do for patients on on GDMT with worsening HF evidenced by HF hospitalization or requirement for IV diuretics
Add Vericiguat (Verquvo)
ARNI wash out
If previously on ACEI, allow 36-hour
wash out then select appropriate dose
How many weeks to monitoring for ARNI?
1-2 weeks! Assess tolerability, monitor BP, electrolytes, renal function
How many weeks to increase dose for ARNI?
Every 1-2 weeks increase dose stepwise to a target of 97/103 mg twice daily
Starting Dose of ARNI
24/26 mg twice daily
o On daily equivalent of ≤ 10 mg enalapril or ≤ 160 mg valsartan
o ACEI/ARB naive
o eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2
o ≥ 75 years old
Other starting dose of ARNI
49/51 mg twice daily
o On equivalent of > 10 mg enalapril or > 160 mg valsartan
Every patient that has HF is typically on an…
ARNI
When would an ACEI/ARB be used instead of an ARNI?
Cost can be an issue for some patients or BID may be tough with the ARNI for some patients
How many weeks to monitoring for ACEI/ARB?
1-2 weeks! Assess tolerability, monitor BP, electrolytes, renal function
How many weeks to increase dose for ACEI/ARB?
Every 1-2 weeks increase dose stepwise target doses
Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) starting dose?
24/26 mg- 49/51 mg BID
Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) target dose?
97/103 mg BID
Lisinopril starting dose?
2.5-5 mg daily
Lisinopril target dose?
20-40 mg daily
Valsartan starting dose?
40 mg BID
Valsartan target dose?
160 mg BID
What is the monitoring time for a MRA?
7 days! Assess tolerability, monitor BP, electrolytes, renal function
What are MRAs at high risk for?
HYPERKALEMIA
Contraindications for MRAs?
eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2, or creatinine >2.5 mg/dL in men or
creatinine >2 mg/dL in women
For MRAs, for stable dose, check…
Monthly for 3 months and then every 3 months out to a year
Spironolactone starting dose?
12.5-25 mg daily
Spironolactone target dose?
25-50 mg daily