# Medicines

Front · id `cardio:front-medicines` · Cardiovascular Atlas · release `f6f6f1b6f50379ed` (public)

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## In plain language

Pages about medicines for the heart and blood vessels, taken as pills or given by injection. Open one to see what the medicine is for, who it was studied in, and what the trials and guidelines say.

## Technical summary

Navigation grouping for drugs, drug classes and medicine-based treatment strategies. Records are filed here with part\_of, and carry the trials, claims and guideline recommendations on their own pages. It is a way to browse. It makes no statement about whether anything in it works.

## Connected pages

- Includes: Many people with HFrEF do not receive all recommended medicines at target doses (`cardio:bottleneck-hfref-medicine-gaps`)
- Includes: Atrial fibrillation (AF) (`cardio:atrial-fibrillation`)
- Includes: Heart failure (`cardio:heart-failure`)
- Includes: Heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (`cardio:hfpef`)
- Includes: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) (`cardio:hfref`)
- Includes: Alirocumab (`cardio:alirocumab`)
- Includes: Apixaban (`cardio:apixaban`)
- Includes: Bempedoic acid (`cardio:bempedoic-acid`)
- Includes: Beta-blockers (drug class) (`cardio:beta-blockers`)
- Includes: Colchicine (`cardio:colchicine`)
- Includes: Dabigatran (`cardio:dabigatran`)
- Includes: Dapagliflozin (`cardio:dapagliflozin`)
- Includes: Empagliflozin (`cardio:empagliflozin`)
- Includes: Evolocumab (`cardio:evolocumab`)
- Includes: Ezetimibe (`cardio:ezetimibe`)
- Includes: GLP-1 receptor agonists (drug class) (`cardio:glp1-receptor-agonists`)
- Includes: Inclisiran (`cardio:inclisiran`)
- Includes: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (drug class) (`cardio:mineralocorticoid-receptor-antagonists`)
- Includes: Rivaroxaban (`cardio:rivaroxaban`)
- Includes: Sacubitril/valsartan (combination) (`cardio:sacubitril-valsartan`)
- Includes: Semaglutide (`cardio:semaglutide`)
- Includes: SGLT2 inhibitors (drug class) (`cardio:sglt2-inhibitors`)
- Includes: Statins (`cardio:statins`)
- Includes: Tirzepatide (`cardio:tirzepatide`)
- Includes: Start and step up heart-failure medicines quickly after a hospital stay (`cardio:idea-rapid-hf-medicine-uptitration`)
- Includes: Blood pressure lowering medicine (`cardio:bp-lowering-medicine`)
- Includes: Blood-pressure lowering to a target (`cardio:bp-lowering-to-target`)
- Includes: Four-class medicine regimen in heart failure (guideline-directed medical therapy) (`cardio:hfref-four-medicine-regimen`)
- Includes: Intensive systolic blood-pressure lowering (target below 120 mm Hg) (`cardio:intensive-sbp-lowering`)
- Includes: Blood thinners (oral anticoagulants) to prevent stroke in AF (`cardio:oral-anticoagulation`)
- Includes: Cardiovascular polypill (`cardio:polypill`)
- Includes: Apixaban (Eliquis) (`cardio:eliquis`)
- Includes: Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) (`cardio:entresto`)
- Includes: Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) (`cardio:farxiga`)
- Includes: Empagliflozin (Jardiance) (`cardio:jardiance`)
- Includes: Inclisiran (Leqvio) (`cardio:leqvio`)
- Includes: Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) (`cardio:mounjaro`)
- Includes: Semaglutide injection for diabetes (Ozempic) (`cardio:ozempic`)
- Includes: Dabigatran (Pradaxa) (`cardio:pradaxa`)
- Includes: Evolocumab (Repatha) (`cardio:repatha`)
- Includes: Semaglutide injection for weight management (Wegovy) (`cardio:wegovy`)
- Includes: Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) (`cardio:xarelto`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 172239d53cc13d0c585218864bb452946f6753acc840f629b1c950be64d751e0
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: Not recorded