Certain medications target different aspects of heart failure, and you may respond better to some options better than others, depending on your personal medical history and heart failure risk factors. In this video, cardiologists discuss the types of medications that can help treat heart failure.
Dr. Bloom is a Cardiologist, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.
Dr. Bhusri is an attending cardiologist at the Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute and an assistant professor of cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Rachel Bond, MD, FACC, is a Cardiologist at Dignity Health and served as Associate Director of the Women's Heart Health Program at Northwell Health, Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Dr. Goldberg is a Cardiologist and served as the Medical Director of the NYU Langone Health Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
References
American Heart Association. (2025). Medications used to treat heart failure.
Da Silva, A.F., et al. (2015). Treatment adherence in heart failure patients followed up by nurses in two specialized clinics. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem.
Golwala, H. B., et al. (2013). Use of hydralazine-isosorbide dinitrate combination in African American and other race/ethnic group patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Journal of the American Heart Association.
Marcy, T.R., et al. (2006). Aldosterone antagonists in the treatment of heart failure. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
Rogers, F.J., et al. (2020). A Stepwise Approach to the Management of Heart Failure and its Comorbidities. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.
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