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Revista clínica española · Aug 2020
Management of patients with heart failure treated in cardiology consultations: IC-BERG Study.
- V Barrios, C Escobar, C Ortiz Cortés, J Cosín Sales, D A Pascual Figal, and X García-Moll Marimón.
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España. Electronic address: vivenciobarrios@gmail.com.
- Rev Clin Esp. 2020 Aug 1; 220 (6): 339-349.
ObjectiveTo determine the perception and management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) by clinical cardiologists and to establish a consensus with recommendations.MethodsWe employed the modified Delphi method among a panel of 150 experts who answered a questionnaire that included three blocks: definition and perception of patients with «stable» HFrEF (15 statements), management of patients with «stable» HFrEF (51 statements) and recommendations for optimising the management and follow-up (9 statements). The level of agreement was assessed with a Likert 9-point scale.ResultsA consensus of agreement was reached on 49 statements, a consensus of disagreement was reached on 16, and 10 statements remained undetermined. There was consensus regarding the definition of «stable» HF (82%), that HFrEF had a silent nature that could increase the mortality risk for mildly symptomatic patients (96%) and that the drug treatment should be optimised, regardless of whether a patient with HFrEF remains stable in the same functional class (98.7%). In contrast, there was a consensus of disagreement regarding the notion that treatment with an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor is justified only when the functional class worsens (90.7%).ConclusionsOur current understanding of «stable» HF is insufficient, and the treatment needs to be optimised, even for apparently stable patients, to decrease the risk of disease progression.Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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