Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Case Series: Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Pharmacotherapy Optimization in Older People.

Abstract

This case illustrates the pharmacist's role in the outpatient management of heart failure with reduced ejection fracture in a community-dwelling older person. In this case, the patient has a long-standing history of heart failure because of ischemic causes. Relatively active and working full-time, he presented to the pharmacist clinic for optimization of heart failure therapy. This case focuses on the role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction management.