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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... hypertension, pulmonary ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy HFrEF ... Infectious • Other HFpEF ... Diagnosis #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
The H2FPEF score and point allocations
for each clinical characteristic (top), with
associated probability of having heart failure
with
The H2FPEF score ... ejection fraction (HFpEF ... #H2FPEF #HFPEF #
PAH vs. heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF]
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Comparison #Table #HFpEF #DiastolicCHF
ejection fraction [HFpEF ... ] #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #HFpEF
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
Stable Angina, HFpEF ... , HFrEF, AFib, TAA ... pharmacology #table #management
Pathophysiological mechanisms of diastolic heart failure HFpEF and possible therapeutic interventions.
Hypertension → Overload
Diabetes → Oxidative stress,
heart failure HFpEF ... regulatory reserve → Pulmonary ... heartfailure #dchf #hfpef
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
heart failure; HFpEF ... ejection fraction; HFrEF ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management
"Suggested management of chronic heart failure. Adapted from the 2016 European Society of Cardiology guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
"Suggested management ... Pharmacotherapy of HFrEF ... #CHF #Management ... #HFrEF #Cardiology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... Pericarditis, CAD, HFrEF ... /HFpEF, Intracardiac
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Pulmonary Artery ... Index 2.6-4.2 HFrEF ... decompensated Pulmonary ... @ucsdim #PA #Pulmonary