Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure to Determine Eligibility for Treatment with Sacubitril/Valsartan: Insights from a Veterans Administration Healthcare System.
Jamie HanFrancisco ChungQuyen L NguyenFreny Vaghaiwalla ModyCynthia A JackeviciusPublished in: Pharmacotherapy (2019)
Whereas 27% of patients with HFrEF were eligible to initiate sacubitril/valsartan, only 3.5% of these patients were prescribed the medication. Although sacubitril/valsartan reduced morbidity and mortality in clinical trials, it remains underused within this VA healthcare system. This analysis provides important insights into the VA and other healthcare systems regarding the opportunity for optimizing guideline-directed HF therapy.