Scientists discover first therapeutic target for preserving heart function in patients with pulmonary hypertension
acute hf :: Article Creator Audits And Feedback Aid Pharmacist-Driven HF Care: PHARM-HF A&F CHICAGO, IL—A quality improvement effort aimed at providing feedback to pharmacists led to more encounters with heart failure (HF) patients being seen in the Veterans Affairs system, and an increase in starting and uptitrating guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), results of a new study show. The change in GDMT was very modest, however, with the improvement driven by greater use of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA). "We really urgently need a multipronged strategy for improving medical therapy amongst patients with heart failure," said lead investigator Alexander Sandhu, MD (Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Healthcare System/Stanford University, CA). "One potential strategy is to increase the overall population of individuals that are helping with heart failure management. Prior data has shown that pharmacist-based heart failur