Leave a Message

Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Medical Management

VIEW ARTICLE

Current Issue

August 2025

August 2025

The management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction has advanced in recent decades, and patients are surviving longer.

Hyperthyroidism is characterized by overproduction of thyroid hormone in the thyroid gland and affects 1.3% of adults in the United States.

Family physicians oversee the complex care of premature infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, taking into consideration the degree of prematurity and unique complications that can occur.

Earn CME with AFP

AFP Journal CME Quiz

Take the CME Quiz and earn more than 10 CME credits per issue of American Family Physician.

TAKE QUIZ

Celebrating 75 Years of American Family Physician

This special yearlong anniversary series from the editors of AFP commemorates the journal and its evolution as a trusted evidence-based resource.

Past Issues

Featured Content

Revista Médica AFP

Listen to the Spanish-language version of the popular AFP Podcast, Revista Médica AFP!

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in AFP

AFP is committed to enhancing our content and editorial processes to confront systemic racism and health inequities.

USPSTF Health Care Schedule

Read the updated USPSTF Preventive Health Care Schedule.

Use of AI in Family Medicine Publications

Read the joint editorial from several family medicine journal editors.

     

AFP Podcast

Episode 235 - August 2025 - Part 1

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (1:30), lower gastrointestinal bleeding (5:10), venous leg ulcers (7:10), non-opioid pharmacologic management of chronic pain (10:30), resuscitation in burns (15:20), and breast ductal carcinoma in situ (17:10). EXPLORE AFP PODCAST

Revista Médica AFP

Episodio 61 -- Julio 2025 -- Parte 1 Revista Médica AFP

Cuerpos extraños en oído, nariz y garganta (1:50); antiinflamatorios tópicos para el eczema (8:05); antihipertensivos intravenosos en adultos hospitalizados por causas no cardíacas (11:35); detección precoz de trastornos del desarrollo en niños (15:30); terapia dialéctica conductual (19:25);  profilaxis universal contra el virus respiratorio sincitial (22:35). EXPLORAR REVISTA MÉDICA AFP

Resources

AFP by Topic

Explore 70 curated topics from past issues

Department Collections

Get the best of every AFP department

Video Collection

Watch and learn on a variety of topics

Patient Handouts

Informational handouts that physicians can provide to their patients

Algorithms

Diagnostic and treatment algorithms to aid in clinical decision making

AAFP Audio App

The new AAFP Audio App contains audio versions of AFP content and much more

The AFP Community Blog

Sign Up for AFP By Email

Sign up for the free AFP email table of contents and monthly AFP Clinical Answers newsletter.

Download the App

Access AFP on the go from your smartphone or tablet. Now available in the AAFP app.