Margin between Pharmacotherapy Taken by the Inpatients with Chronic Heart Failure and Guideline / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate therapeutic medication in the inpatients with chronic heart failure(CHF).METHODS:In this retrospective study,384 inpatients with chronic heart failure were enrolled and divided into normal left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) group and reduced LVEF group.The use of diuretics,spironolactone,angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors /angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers,beta-adrenergic receptor blockers,digitalis preparations,non-digitalis positive inotropic drugs and calcium antagonists in these patients were analyzed respectively.RESULTS:There was disparity between ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult and use of beta-adrenergic receptor blockers,spironolactone and digitalis preparations taken by CHF inpatients with normal LVEF.CONCLUSION:The level of rationa use of drugs taken by the CHF inpatients with normal LVEF remains to be improved.