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HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
Must Be On" • ACEI ... , ARB, or ARNI AND ... Reducing: • ACEI ... or ARB • ARNI ... #medications #chf
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Stepwise Approach: ACE ... , ARB, ARNI → Beta-Blocker ... -2 Inhibitor → ARNI ... Heart #Failure #CHF
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Beta-blocker • ACE ... , ARB, ARNI • ... Heart #Failure #CHF
Guidelines Directed medical therapy for Heart Failure 

Satyendra Dhar, MD, @DharSaty

#HFrEF #GDMT #sodium-glucosecotransporter-2inhibitors #SGLT2i #reninangiotensinaldosteronesysteminhibitors
AngiotensinReceptorNeprilysinInhibitor #ACEi ... angiotensinreceptorblockers #ARB #ARNI ... #PARADIGM-HF #EMPEROR-Reduced
Target Doses in Congestive Heart Failure
 • Beta Blockers: Bisoprolol, Carvedilol, Metoprolol succinate, ARNI, Sacubitril/valsartan
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Metoprolol succinate, ARNI ... Sacubitril/valsartan • ACEI ... #HeartFailure #CHF
Pathophysiology of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema: Angioedema is a vascular reaction associated with tissue (subcutaneous, submucosal) edema
Pathophysiology of ACE ... substances in ACE ... the presence of ACE ... #Pathophys #EM # ... #Angiotensin #Ddxof
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
81% for acute HF ... 5 pts w/ acute HF ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... Inhibitors and ARBs • ARNIs ... #pharmacology #sCHF
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Consider BCx, CSF ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
May have typical HF ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... /ARNI/MRA • Avoid ... GDMT meds (e.g., ACE