scholarly journals Progress in drug treatment of older patients with chronic heart failure

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-179
Author(s):  
Siting Zhang ◽  
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Feng Liu

Chronic heart failure(CHF) is a serious public health problem in the world, which occurs mostly in the elderly,with extremely high morbidity and mortality. The physiological changes in the cardiovascular system caused by aging are an independent risk factor for CHF. For this reason, effective drug treatment is often used to improve the clinical symptoms and quality of life of older CHF patients, and ultimately achieve the goal of reducing hospitalization rate and cardiovascular mortality. This article describes recent progress of drug therapy for older patients in chronic heart failure. Keywords: Aging, older patients, chronic heart failure, drug therapy

Drugs & Aging ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 991-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Leibundgut ◽  
Matthias Pfisterer ◽  
Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
D. I. Trukhan ◽  
E. L. Davydov

An urgent public health problem is the optimization of drug therapy in patients with chronic heart failure.A large number of works devoted to the treatment of chronic heart failure form the point of view that about the treatment of chronic heart failure «all is well known for a long time.» However, in real clinical practice, especially at the stage of primary health care, for various reasons, possible pitfalls, reefs and shallows are not taken into account, the underestimation of which can introduce certain difficulties and cause the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure to be ineffective.The review article examined a number of important aspects of the treatment of chronic heart failure, which, for various reasons, are underestimated in the supervision of patients. First of all, this refers to antagonists of mineralocorticoid receptors, in particular to spironolactone, and an inhibitor of If - channels of the sinus node ivabradine.The results of foreign and Russian studies, modern recommendations for the supervision of patients with chronic heart failure, indicate that the presence of spironolactone and ivabradine in the arsenal of a practical doctor allows optimizing drug therapy in patients with chronic heart failure and increasing its effectiveness.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1085-1096
Author(s):  
T.V. Statkevich ◽  
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N.P. Mitkovskaya ◽  
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is an important problem for the country, which has both medical and socio-economic aspects. The presence of the syndrome not only significantly increases the risks of an unfavorable course of diseases underlying its etiological basis, but in itself, through the development of decompensation, causes a high frequency of deaths. Despite all the advances in pharmacotherapy, the prognosis of heart failure remains poor. More than 40% of patients die within 4 years after the diagnosis of heart failure, and the one-year mortality rate for patients with severe CHF (NYHA class IV) exceeds 50%. The foregoing determines the need and importance of using all possible drug and non-drug therapy technologies aimed at reducing mortality, increasing the duration and quality of life of patients with CHF, as well as reducing the number and likelihood of decompensation and related hospitalizations, and makes this direction one of the priorities in medicine. The article describes current approaches to the treatment of patients with CHF syndrome from the perspective of evidence-based medicine and taking into account the recommendations of leading international organizations for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The drugs used were analyzed in terms of their influence on clinical symptoms, quality of life of patients, the risk of hospitalization due to decompensation of CHF, and mortality rates. The emphasis is made on the possibilities, mechanism of action and further prospects for the use of a new class of drugs in the treatment of CHF, acting at the level of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the system of neutral endopeptidases - inhibitors of angiotensin-neprilisin receptors.


2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-180
Author(s):  
S BOZINOVIC ◽  
A GRDINIC ◽  
D STAMENKOVIC ◽  
M STOJADINOVIC ◽  
I MARKOVIC ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (23) ◽  
pp. 1491-1497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsie Hui ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Lap S. Chan ◽  
Kevin Or ◽  
Diana T. F. Lee ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zelin Xu ◽  
Xinyu Chen ◽  
Qingyang Chen ◽  
Huzhi Cai

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome caused by a variety of heart problems, with a high incidence. The 5-year survival rate of patients with clinical symptoms is similar to that of malignant tumors. Wenyang Zhenshuai granules are a safe and effective granule of traditional Chinese medicine components, including aconite, dried ginger, licorice, and red ginseng. In contemporary clinical applications, it is widely used in acute and chronic heart insufficiency, coronary heart disease, and arrhythmia. This research cultured H9C2 cardiomyocytes and divided them into the normal control group, LncRNA-MiR143HG overexpression group, LncRNA-MiR143HG silence group, Adriamycin (ADR) group, ADR + medicated serum group, ADR + LncRNA-MiR143HG overexpression + medicated serogroup, and ADR + LncRNA-MiR143HG silence + medicated serogroup. The cells of each group were treated differently, and the survival rate of each group of cells and the expression levels of LncRNA-MiR143HG/miR-143 and ERK5 were detected at the end of the experiment, and the expression of LncRNA-MiR143HG/miR-143 in H9C2 cardiomyocytes was regulated by Wenyang Zhenshuai granules’ impact. The results of this study showed that, in the doxorubicin-induced H9C2 cardiomyocyte injury model, the expression of miR-143 was upregulated, and the expression of LncRNA-MiR143HG and ERK5 was significantly downregulated. Wenyang Zhenshuai granules can downregulate the expression of miR-143 to promote ERK5 protein expression and phosphorylation. The process is regulated by LncRNA-MiR143HG/miR-143, which may be one of its important mechanisms for the treatment of chronic heart failure.


The Clinician ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
E. S. Trofimov ◽  
A. S. Poskrebysheva ◽  
N. А. Shostak

Objective: to evaluate vasopressin (VP) concentration in patients with varying severity of chronic heart failure (CHF), intensity of clinical symptoms, and decreased level of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Materials and methods. In total, 120 patients (44 males, 76 females) with CHF of varying genesis (mean age 72.12 ± 10.18 years) and 30 clinically healthy individuals (18 males, 12 females) as a control group (mean age 33.4 ± 6.23 years) were examined. All patients underwent comprehensive clinical and instrumental examination in accordance with the standards for patients with CHF. The VP level was determined using ELISA. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics v. 23 software.Results. The patients with CHF had significantly higher blood VP levels compared to the control group (72.91 ± 53.9 pg/ml versus 6.6 ± 3.2 pg/ml respectively; p <0.01). At the same time, patients with stage III CHF had significantly lower VP levels than patients with stages IIВ and IIА (35.61 ± 21.53 pg/ml versus 71.67 ± 48.31 pg/ml and 86.73 ± 59.78 pg/ml respectively; p<0.01). A similar picture was observed for the functional classes (FC). For instance, for CHF FC II and III, the VP level was 91.93 ± 67.13 pg/ml and 77.95 ± 54.01 pg/ml respectively, while for FC IV it decreased to 50.49 ± 28.18 pg/ml (p <0.01). The VP concentration in patients who subsequently perished was significantly lower than in patients who survived (48.79 ± 26.30 pg/ml versus 79.72 ± 57.73 pg/ml; p = 0.012). Moreover, in patients with LVEF <50 %, the VP level was significantly lower than in patients with LVEF >50 % (59.43 ± 42.51 pg/ml versus 86.43 ± 62.46 pg/ml respectively; p <0.05).Conclusion. The observed significant differences in VP in patients with stage III and IV CFH can indicate depletion of neurohumoral mediators in this patient category. However, a correlation between the VP level and the level of LVEF decrease can indicate a significant difference in the role of VP in CHF pathogenesis in patients with preserved and decreased LVEF. This observation requires further research.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abumayyaleh ◽  
Ibrahim El-Battrawy ◽  
Marvin Kummer ◽  
Christina Pilsinger ◽  
Katherine Sattler ◽  
...  

The treatment with sacubitril/valsartan in patients suffering from chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction increases left ventricular ejection fraction and decreases the risk of sudden cardiac death. We conducted a retrospective analysis regarding the impact of age differences on the treatment outcome of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Patients were defined as adults if ≤65 years (n = 51) and older if >65 years of age (n = 76). The incidence of ventricular arrhythmias at 1-year follow-up was comparable in both groups (30.8 vs 26.5%; p = 0.71). The mortality rate in adult patients is significantly lower as compared with older patients (2 vs 14.5%; log-rank = 0.04). Older patients may suffer remarkably more side effects than adult patients (21.1 vs 11.8%; p = 0.03).


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