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HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
HFrEF: Guideline ... Must Be On" • ACEI ... before increasing ACEI ... Reducing: • ACEI ... #medications #chf
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting ... fibrillation; ARB ... ejection fraction; HFrEF ... #CHF #Congestive ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
initiate them on ACEI ... maximally tolerated ACEI ... /ARB + Beta-Blocker ... Entresto (replacing ACEI ... /ambcarerx #CHF
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... Beta-blocker • ACE ... , ARB, ARNI • ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #HFrEF #Guideline
Guidelines Directed medical therapy for Heart Failure 

Satyendra Dhar, MD, @DharSaty

#HFrEF #GDMT #sodium-glucosecotransporter-2inhibitors #SGLT2i #reninangiotensinaldosteronesysteminhibitors
@DharSaty #HFrEF ... AngiotensinReceptorNeprilysinInhibitor #ACEi ... angiotensinreceptorblockers #ARB ... ARNI #PARADIGM-HF
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... Stepwise Approach: ACE ... , ARB, ARNI → Beta-Blocker ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #HFrEF #Guideline
Target Doses in Congestive Heart Failure
 • Beta Blockers: Bisoprolol, Carvedilol, Metoprolol succinate, ARNI, Sacubitril/valsartan
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Sacubitril/valsartan • ACEI ... Lisinopril, Ramipril • ARB ... #HeartFailure #CHF
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
, Pneumonitis, ACEi ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... #Differential #Algorithm
Recommended Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blockers;
Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) ACE ... angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB ... receptor blockers; HF ... Cardiomyopathy #Algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... thiazide-like • ACE-I ... Combined: • ACE-I ... + CCB • ACE-I ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm