Management of a Multicomorbid Patient with Heart Failure

Cardiology. 2017:138 Suppl 1:21-23. doi: 10.1159/000484888. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Abstract

The optimal use of sacubitril/valsartan in clinical practice needs further investigation, in particular for patients with multiple comorbidities, as such patients are usually poorly represented in clinical trials. To this end, well-documented case reports may add further evidence to the bulk of "field practice" experience on sacubitril/valsartan. We report here the case of a patient with heart failure with reduced ejection refraction with multiple comorbidities treated with sacubitril/valsartan. Overall, sacubitril/valsartan led to a prompt (within a few months) improvement in LVEF (+15%, from 38 to 53%), without any noticeable adverse events. This therapy also allowed the patient to discontinue furosemide.

Keywords: Comorbidity; Heart failure; Sacubitril; Valsartan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aminobutyrates / therapeutic use*
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Drug Combinations
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metabolic Syndrome / complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Tetrazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Valsartan

Substances

  • Aminobutyrates
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Drug Combinations
  • Tetrazoles
  • Valsartan
  • sacubitril and valsartan sodium hydrate drug combination