[Novelties in the treatment of heart failure]. / Novinky v lécbe srdecního selhání.

ABSTRACT

Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome which is manifested by characteristic symptoms and objective signs of cardiac insufficiency. The incidence of HF, particularly its chronic form, is estimated 0.4-2 % in the central and western Europe, with an increase in higher age groups, affecting 10-20 % of the population aged over 80. With respect to its growing incidence and prevalence, novel modalities of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment are being developed in order to improve quality of life and survival of the affected patients. This review based on up-to-date guidelines focuses in the first part on brief description of the possibilities of diagnosing heart failure, including the novelties arising out from the latest clinical and preclinical studies (such as soluble ST2, FSTL1, etc), further it concentrates on innovations in pharmacological treatment of chronic (ivabradine, ARNI, gliflozins) and acute (ularitide, serelaxin, nesiritide) HF. The last part provides an overview of available non-pharmacological HF therapeutics options (modulation of cardiac contraction, influencing the activity of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and permanent and temporary device support).Key words ARNI - ECMO - gliflozins - heart failure - modulation of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems - sacubitril-valsartan - therapy.