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Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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ACE, ARB, ARNI → Beta-Blocker ... low-dose approach: Beta-Blocker ... 11/5-pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy ... #CHF #HFrEF #Guideline ... management #GDMT #cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Therapy • Beta-blocker ... ARB, ARNI • MRA ... 11/5-pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy ... #CHF #HFrEF #Guideline ... management #GDMT #cardiology
Beta Blockers - Pharmacology Comparison Table
Metoprolol:
 • Receptors: β1
 • Indications: Rate control of a-fib/a-flutter, Suppression
Beta Blockers - ... syndrome, Post-MI ... in pt w/o CAD/HF ... #Blockers #Pharmacology ... #Receptors #cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Medical Therapy ... and an evidenced beta-blocker ... tolerated ACEI/ARB + Beta-Blocker ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #StageC #Cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
angiotensin-receptor blocker ... fraction; GDMT, guideline-directed ... medical therapy ... ; HF, heart failure ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
decompensated heart ... rate control when beta-blockers ... conjunction with beta-blockers ... Medications #management #treatment ... #comparison #table
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
HFrEF: Guideline ... Directed Medical ... ARNI AND select Beta ... Blockers (bisoprolol ... #cardiology #GDMT
Target Doses in Congestive Heart Failure
 • Beta Blockers: Bisoprolol, Carvedilol, Metoprolol succinate, ARNI, Sacubitril/valsartan
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in Congestive Heart ... Failure • Beta ... Blockers: Bisoprolol ... #pharmacology # ... cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Revascularization, treatment ... Initiation of beta-blocker ... failure - Any beta-blocker ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... deteriorating on medical ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment