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Treatment initiation

Posted: 25th April 2025

Stop 5: Treatment initiation

The duration of this video is 9 minutes 46 sec

Target audience

This video is suitable for all healthcare professionals

Video content

In this video we consider:

  • Main goals of treatment of heart failure
  • The main treatment goals for people living with heart failure
  • Medicines used in all phenotypes of heart failure
  • Medicines used specifically in the treatment of HFrEF
  • Medicines used specifically in the treatment of HFmrEF
  • Medicines used specifically in the treatment of HFpEF

Action planning

After watching the ‘Stop 5: ‘Treatment initiation’ video and accessing the related resources, please complete this short action plan to share how the learning will change your practice.

Content published: 9 June 2025

Review date: 9 June 2027

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  1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard [QS9]: Chronic Heart Failure in Adults January 2023.
  2. NHS England Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: pathway support tool https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/heart-failure-with-preserved-ejection-fraction-pathway-support-tool November 2024