The Heart Failure Academy

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

Important 

Please note since recording this video, NICE has updated NG 106 Chronic heart failure in
adults: diagnosis and management, (updated 3 September 2025).

NG106 now recognises the three heart failure phenotypes and specifies specific treatments for each phenotype.

Therefore please use this video in conjunction with the advice and treatment options outlined in NICE NG106 Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management, (updated 3 September 2025).

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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