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ReviewHerz2022

[Guidelines of the ESC 2021 on heart failure].

Johann Bauersachs, Samira Soltani

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Review in Herz, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy and safety of vericiguat in heart failure: a meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2023
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  3. Prediabetes in acute stroke: prevalence and impact on early clinical outcomes.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025
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  4. Assessing volume status in heart failure: The role of renal duplex ultrasound in evaluating cardiorenal morbidity and heart failure mortality.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johann BauersachsKlinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland. bauersachs.johann@mh-hannover.de.
Samira SoltaniKlinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The new 2021 guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure include a new terminology for heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) of 41-49%. This group of patients is now defined as HF with mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF; formerly mid-range). For this form of HF there are now for the first time recommendations for treatment with the standard medications, which are also used for HFrEF. Also new is a class I recommendation for the treatment of HFrEF patients with or without diabetes mellitus with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). It must be emphasized that all HFrEF patients should be treated with a combination of four drugs consisting of an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, beta blocker, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) and SGLT2i. The primary treatment with ARNI can also be considered without the previous use of an ACE inhibitor. Primary prophylactic implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) continues to be a class I indication for patients with an EF of 35% or less in cases of ischemic cardiomyopathy; however, in cases of a non-ischemic cause there is a class IIa indication. This article summarizes these and further important novelties of the 2021 ESC guidelines taking the underlying clinical studies into account.

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CardiologyHeart FailureAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsHumansStroke VolumeVentricular Function, LeftAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsCardiac insufficiencyCombination therapyDiagnosticsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorsSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors

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PMID34825250
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