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World J Cardiol. Jun 26, 2025; 17(6): 107102
Published online Jun 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i6.107102
Impact of optimal medical therapy in heart failure certification for hospitalists on guideline-directed medical therapy utilization
Farhan Ishaq, Duc T Nguyen, Edward A Graviss, Ebun Ebunlomo, Arvind Bhimaraj, Nadia Fida
Farhan Ishaq, Ebun Ebunlomo, Arvind Bhimaraj, Nadia Fida, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Duc T Nguyen, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Edward A Graviss, Division of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Nadia Fida, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, Baytown, TX 77521, United States
Author contributions: Ishaq F, Ebunlomo E, Bhimaraj A, and Fida N designed the study; Ishaq F and Fida N performed the research and wrote the manuscript; Nguyen DT and Graviss EA analyzed the data; Nguyen DT, Graviss EA, Ebunlomo E, and Bhimaraj A revised the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center Grant.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (No. PRO00035436).
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at Houston Methodist Hospital’s institutional registry.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
Data sharing statement: Additional data available on request, consent was not obtained but the presented data are anonymized, and risk of identification is low.
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Corresponding author: Nadia Fida, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, 4301 Garth Road, Baytown, TX 77521, United States. nfida@houstonmethodist.org
Received: March 17, 2025
Revised: April 6, 2025
Accepted: May 27, 2025
Published online: June 26, 2025
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Core Tip

Core Tip: In patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction who are admitted to the hospital, seeing an optimal medical therapy in HF (OMT-HF) certified hospitalist can lead to improved guideline directed medical therapy scores, improved quality of life scores on the Milwaukee Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire 30 days post-discharge and lower 30-day readmission rates compared to those who did not see an OMT-HF certified hospitalist.