Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesGuideline or statement

How to Handle Polypharmacy in Heart Failure. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Clinical consensus statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Adopt and implement polypharmacy management strategies from other medical disciplines, including medication reconciliation, therapeutic revision and treatment prioritization

  2. Develop new heart failure (HF)-specific strategies aimed at avoiding redundant treatments, minimizing adverse drug reactions and interactions, and improving adherence

Original publication

How to Handle Polypharmacy in Heart Failure. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 17 March 2025. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3642

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