Women are less likely to develop heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) due to lower rates of ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy, but are more prone to develop heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Often, the dysfunction and symptoms are merely a result of atrial fibrillation, and ablation can be curative, restoring normal ventricular function.71,72,73 As a heart failure doctor, I treat heart failure. For example, in the VICTORIA trial (Vericiguat in patients with heart failure), patients with NYHA Class III or IV heart failure appeared to benefit from vericiguat. Effect of losartan compared with captopril on mortality in patients with symptomatic heart failure: Randomised trial – the Losartan Heart Failure Survival Study ELITE II. Effect of metoprolol CR/XL in chronic heart failure: Metoprolol CR/XL Randomised Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF).

Source: Irish Independent April 07, 2026 12:29 UTC