Look for Heart Failure Patients Who May Need an Aldosterone Antagonist

December 2017

Less than HALF of eligible heart failure patients take an aldosterone antagonist (spironolactone, eplerenone).

Help close the gap for patients with systolic heart failure...now called HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) or "hef-ref."

Think of an ACEI or ARB, beta-blocker, and aldosterone antagonist combo as a "3-legged stool" to reduce mortality in these patients.

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Table of Contents

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