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Traditional pharmacologic approaches to the management of patients with heart failure with reduced systolic function (HFrEF) have been based on neurohormonal inhibition on a background of hemodynamic effects. The agents that have been shown to be associated with improved outcomes in this patient population are inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAAS) system, mineralocorticoids, and beta-blockers. More recently, two agents were FDA-approved for improved outcomes in HFrEF, sacubitril/valsartan, and ivabradine. Sacubitril/valsartan combines RAAS inhibition (valsartan) with inhibition of natriuretic peptide breakdown, while ivabradine is a novel means of heart rate control. While the evidence for clinical benefit of sacubitril/valsartan is substantial, evidence for the use of ivabradine is emerging.
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Booth, D.C., Rajagopalan, N. (2019). Recently Approved Pharmacologic Agents to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure. In: Askari, A., Messerli, A. (eds) Cardiovascular Hemodynamics. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19131-3_8
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