1. Choose display

Estimate the patient's risk (click to expand/collapse)

Your current location
Sex
NYHA functional class
Prior heart failure hospitalization
Diabetes
Prior stroke or peripheral artery disease
Age (years)
 
Systolic BP (mmHg)
 
NT-proBNP (ng/L)
 
Ejection Fraction (%)
 
eGFR (mL/min/1.732)
 
Current heart failure medications
2. Know the risks of heart failure:
2. Know the benefits & harms of treatment:
2. Know the risks of heart failure:
2. Know the benefits & harms of treatment:
Your life expectancy with NO treatment: Age 84 years

Your life expectancy with current treatment: Age 84 years

Heart failure shortens life expectancy. For people like you, based on your current risk and treatments, 80 in 100 people would still be alive in 5 years.
Your life expectancy with current treatment: Age 84 years

Your life expectancy with chosen medications: Age 83 years (+0 extra years added to your life)

20%
Treatment Benefit Event
Heart failure increases the risk of dying and being hospitalized. For people like you, based on your current risk and treatments, 55 in 100 people will be alive and will not require any hospitalizations over the next 5 years.

45%
No Event Treatment Benefit Event
Heart failure shortens life expectancy. On average for people with heart failure not taking any medications, 50 in 100 people would still be alive in 5 years.

50%
Treatment Benefit Event
Heart failure increases the risk of dying and being hospitalized. On average for people with heart failure not taking any medications, 30 in 100 people will be alive and will not require any hospitalizations over the next 5 years.

70%
No Event Treatment Benefit Event
Alive in 5 years
• Current: 80 in 100
• With chosen medications: 80 in 100
Over 5 years, 0 more people in 100 will be alive if they take the chosen medications
Alive without hospitalization in 5 years
• Current: 55 in 100
• With chosen medications: 55 in 100
Over 5 years, 0 more people in 100 will avoid death or hospitalization if they take the chosen medications
Alive in 5 years
• No medication: 50 in 100
• With chosen medications: 50 in 100
Alive without hospitalization in 5 years
• No medication: 30 in 100
• With chosen medications: 30 in 100

20%
No Event Treatment Benefit Event

45%
No Event Treatment Benefit Event

50%
Treatment Benefit Event

70%
Treatment Benefit Event

Quality of life

People with heart failure tend to develop progressively worsening symptoms that limit quality of life.


With chosen medications, 0 more people out of 100 will feel noticeably better

With chosen medications, 0 more people out of 100 will feel noticeably better

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3. Choose medication(s) to discuss
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(click arrow in each button to see side-effects, costs, and routine)

Side effects15 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, cough, genital yeast infection, breast growth/tenderness [spironolactone only], or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
2 people out of 1000 will develop angioedema
Less than 1 person out of 1000 will develop euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis
Monthly costAbout $300 to $370
Lower cost: Bisoprolol/metoprolol & spironolactone
Higher cost: Carvedilol & eplerenone
RoutineThree pills once a day, one pill twice a day
Side effects10 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, cough, genital yeast infection, breast growth/tenderness [spironolactone only], or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
2 people out of 1000 will develop angioedema (ACEI only)
Less than 1 person out of 1000 will develop euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis
Monthly costAbout $60 to $130
Lower cost: Bisoprolol/metoprolol & spironolactone
Higher cost: Carvedilol & eplerenone
RoutineFour pills once a day
Side effects10 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, cough, breast growth/tenderness [spironolactone only], or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
2 people out of 1000 will develop angioedema (ACEI only)
Monthly costAbout $30 to $105
Lower cost: Bisoprolol/metoprolol & spironolactone
Higher cost: Carvedilol & eplerenone
RoutineThree pills once a day
Side effects5 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, fainting, or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
Monthly costAbout $250
RoutineOne pill two times a day
Side effects1 to 5 person out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, fainting, cough [ACEI only], or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
2 people out of 1000 will develop angioedema (ACEI only)
Monthly costAbout $10
RoutineOne pill once a day (sometimes two times a day)
Side effects1 to 5 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (lightheadedness, diarrhea, or claudication-type leg pain)
Monthly costBisoprolol/metoprolol: About $10
Carvedilol: About $20
RoutineBisoprolol: One pill once a day; Carvedilol/metoprolol: One pill two times a day
Side effects1 to 5 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (breast growth/tenderness [spironolactone only] or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
Monthly costSpironolactone: About $10
Eplerenone: About $80
RoutineOne pill once a day
Side effects1 to 5 people out of 100 will develop bothersome side-effects (genital yeast infection or bloodwork requiring medication changes)
Less than 1 person out of 1000 will develop euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis
Monthly costAbout $30
RoutineOne pill once a day
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