Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) optimization in patients with heart failure
CardiologyOptimizing Heart Failure Management: A High-Intensity, Patient-Centered Approach to Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
August 12, 2025
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Primary Audience:
Cardiologists, emergency medicine, critical care, and primary care physicians, in addition to other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with heart failure.
Relevant Terms:
Guideline-directed medical therapy; guidelines; heart failure (HF); heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); therapy; medications; implementation; treatment initiation; treatment uptitration
Mohammad Shahzeb Khan, MD, MSc
Doctor
CV Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Dr. Khan is an internationally recognized expert in cardiometabolic diseases and heart failure. He is currently the Physician Director of the Echocardiography School at the CV Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas USA. He has authored and co-authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications. He is involved in various pivotal clinical trials and is an associate editor of Heart Failure Reviews, ESC Heart Failure, and the Journal of Cardiac Failure - Intersections. Dr Khan is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences on various cardiometabolic diseases and guideline-directed medical therapy. His work has been published in world’s most prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet, Nature Reviews Cardiology, Circulation, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. His research focuses on drug development and clinical trials of cardiometabolic therapies.Izza Shahid, MBBS
Doctor
Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston (TX), USA
Dr. Izza Shahid is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Cardiology at Houston Methodist Hospital (TX), USA. Her research focuses on cardiometabolic disease, heart failure, and preventive cardiology, with a particular emphasis on optimizing the use and intensification of guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure. She has a special interest in evaluating the real-world effectiveness and implementation of therapeutic strategies in patients with cardiometabolic conditions.| 1. | Review the rationale for implementing high-intensity guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) across the full spectrum of ejection fraction in heart failure. |
| 1. | Review the rationale for implementing high-intensity guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) across the full spectrum of ejection fraction in heart failure. |
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