Is it reasonable to start de-escalating GDMT for patients with recovered LVEF following PCI for anterior STEMI, and if so, what class of medication would you consider stopping first?
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Is it reasonable to start de-escalating GDMT for patients with recovered LVEF following PCI for anterior STEMI, and if so, what class of medication would you consider stopping first?
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This depends upon what is defined as "recovered" (TTE vs cardiac MRI), but I would be hesitant to de-escalate - wary of second "hits" and the natural history of LV trajectories (Lupon et al., PMID 30071987 - albeit the IHD cohort is not included here).
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