Temporal trends in initiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and risk of subsequent withdrawal in patients with heart failure: a nationwide study in Denmark from 2003-2017.
Deewa Zahir AnjumAnders BondeChristian MadelaireMorten MalmborgJawad Haider ButtEmil Loldrup FosboelGunnar Hilmar GislasonChristian Torp-PedersenCharlotte AnderssonPatrick RossignolJohn Joseph Valentine McMurrayLars Valeur KøberMorten SchouPublished in: European journal of heart failure (2022)
In a nationwide cohort of patients with HF, approximately half of the patients received MRA as third-line therapy within the first 6 months after diagnosis and approximately half of these withdrew MRA within 5 years. These findings warrant an increasing focus on retention to MRA treatment in a real-life setting.