Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers
Abstract Aims Lower socio‐economic status may delay and even prevent the application of guideline‐directed heart failure (HF) therapy for most patients. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and possible difficulties facing the application of this treatment during the current Syrian conflict....
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| author | Amr Abdin Amer Barakat Ahmad Rasheed Alsaadi Asim Katbeh Yassin Bani Marjeh Tarek Bekfani Mhd Nawar Alachkar |
| author_facet | Amr Abdin Amer Barakat Ahmad Rasheed Alsaadi Asim Katbeh Yassin Bani Marjeh Tarek Bekfani Mhd Nawar Alachkar |
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| description | Abstract Aims Lower socio‐economic status may delay and even prevent the application of guideline‐directed heart failure (HF) therapy for most patients. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and possible difficulties facing the application of this treatment during the current Syrian conflict. Methods and results A questionnaire on HF management and feasibility of recommended HF therapy was addressed to physicians practising cardiology in Syria. The questionnaire consisted of 30 questions and focused on the quality of HF management and awareness of recommended drug and device therapy for HF among physicians practising cardiology in Syria. A total of 228 physicians participated in the survey. Awareness of recommended medical and device therapy of HF was very high among participants (98% and 95%, respectively). The majority of participants (>75%) believe that more than half of HF patients do not receive optimal medical HF therapy. Ninety per cent of participants believe that <10% of patients with an appropriate indication for device therapy receive it. More than 75% of participants believe that the cost of medications, alone or in combination with other medical causes, represents the major problem facing the application of optimal HF medical therapy. More than 95% of participants reported that cost alone, or in combination with unavailability, is the primary reason why patients with appropriate indications are not offered device therapy. Conclusions Despite the high level of awareness of recommended HF therapies among Syrian cardiologists, the majority of HF patients are still undertreated. Financial difficulties and lack of resources are the main causes of this problem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44a2cfa71e564828bb987223567f27982022-12-22T12:55:33ZengWileyESC Heart Failure2055-58222022-12-01964003400910.1002/ehf2.14119Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriersAmr Abdin0Amer Barakat1Ahmad Rasheed Alsaadi2Asim Katbeh3Yassin Bani Marjeh4Tarek Bekfani5Mhd Nawar Alachkar6Syrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaSyrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaSyrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaSyrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaSyrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care University Hospital Magdeburg, Otto von Guericke‐University Magdeburg GermanySyrian Cardiovascular Association Damascus SyriaAbstract Aims Lower socio‐economic status may delay and even prevent the application of guideline‐directed heart failure (HF) therapy for most patients. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and possible difficulties facing the application of this treatment during the current Syrian conflict. Methods and results A questionnaire on HF management and feasibility of recommended HF therapy was addressed to physicians practising cardiology in Syria. The questionnaire consisted of 30 questions and focused on the quality of HF management and awareness of recommended drug and device therapy for HF among physicians practising cardiology in Syria. A total of 228 physicians participated in the survey. Awareness of recommended medical and device therapy of HF was very high among participants (98% and 95%, respectively). The majority of participants (>75%) believe that more than half of HF patients do not receive optimal medical HF therapy. Ninety per cent of participants believe that <10% of patients with an appropriate indication for device therapy receive it. More than 75% of participants believe that the cost of medications, alone or in combination with other medical causes, represents the major problem facing the application of optimal HF medical therapy. More than 95% of participants reported that cost alone, or in combination with unavailability, is the primary reason why patients with appropriate indications are not offered device therapy. Conclusions Despite the high level of awareness of recommended HF therapies among Syrian cardiologists, the majority of HF patients are still undertreated. Financial difficulties and lack of resources are the main causes of this problem.https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14119Heart failureManagementSyrian crisisLower socio‐economic status |
| spellingShingle | Amr Abdin Amer Barakat Ahmad Rasheed Alsaadi Asim Katbeh Yassin Bani Marjeh Tarek Bekfani Mhd Nawar Alachkar Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers ESC Heart Failure Heart failure Management Syrian crisis Lower socio‐economic status |
| title | Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers |
| title_full | Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers |
| title_fullStr | Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers |
| title_short | Application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the Syrian conflict: reality and barriers |
| title_sort | application of recommended therapies among patients with heart failure during the syrian conflict reality and barriers |
| topic | Heart failure Management Syrian crisis Lower socio‐economic status |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14119 |
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