Sanem Nalbantgil, Emre Demir, Ahmet Çelik, İnci Tuğçe Çöllüoğlu, Naim Ata, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz, Anıl Şahin, Dilek Ural, Mustafa Mahir Ülgü, Emine Arzu Kanik, Lale Dinç Asarcikli, Yüksel Çavuşoğlu, Selda Murat, Şuayip Birinci
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Abstract
Background/aim: Effective management of heart failure involves evidence-based use of multiple medications and their combinations. Furthermore, dosage escalation of the recommended medications is advised. In cases of advanced heart failure, long-term mechanical assistance devices or heart transplantation surgery may be necessary. Socio-economic disparities create unequal opportunities for people to access these treatments.The study aimed to analyze and compare medical and advanced heart failure treatments recommended by guidelines across various regions in Türkiye.
Materials and methods: About 85 million citizens medical treatment records were utilized between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2022. Medical and heart replacement treatment opportunities for heart failure in Türkiye were evaluated in the general population and across different geographical regions.
Results: According to this study, beta-blockers were the most commonly prescribed medication for heart failure in Türkiye. This was followed by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors at 44% and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists at 38.9%. However, only 0.6% of patients used angiotensin receptor blocker-neprilysin inhibitors. Despite the high incidence of diabetes mellitus among heart failure patients, only 11% used sodium-glucose cotransporter two inhibitors. The study also found that using an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was 0.8%, and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) was 0.3% among all intracardiac device treatments. Heart replacement therapies, cardiac transplantation surgery, and long-term left ventricle-assisted device (LVAD) surgery had very low rates.
Conclusion: The use of guideline-directed medical therapy is not optimal in Türkiye and varies across different geographical regions. It is a fact that heart transplant or LVAD surgery, CRT, and ICD implantation rates in Türkiye are significantly lower than those in developed countries, regardless of geographical region.
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Turkish Journal of Medical sciences is a peer-reviewed comprehensive resource that provides critical up-to-date information on the broad spectrum of general medical sciences. The Journal intended to publish original medical scientific papers regarding the priority based on the prominence, significance, and timeliness of the findings. However since the audience of the Journal is not limited to any subspeciality in a wide variety of medical disciplines, the papers focusing on the technical details of a given medical subspeciality may not be evaluated for publication.
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