Ask the HF Expert: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

Published Date: 19 May 2026

Chief Cardiology fellow Yash Varma asks HF expert Ileana Piña for tips on when patients are stable to discharge on guideline-directed medical therapy and if it’s ever ok to de-escalate.

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