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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 ... #management #GDMT ... #cardiology #titration
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 ... #management #GDMT ... #cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
) Treatment - GDMT ... Medical Therapy ... and an evidenced beta-blocker ... tolerated ACEI/ARB + Beta-Blocker ... #StageC #Cardiology
Beta Blockers - Pharmacology Comparison Table
Metoprolol:
 • Receptors: β1
 • Indications: Rate control of a-fib/a-flutter, Suppression
Beta Blockers - ... Pharmacology Comparison ... syndrome, Post-MI ... #Blockers #Pharmacology ... #Receptors #cardiology
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
HFrEF: Guideline ... Directed Medical ... ARNI AND select Beta ... medications #chf #cardiology ... #GDMT
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
angiotensin-receptor blocker ... ejection fraction; GDMT ... , guideline-directed ... medical therapy ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) in HFrEF and CKD

 • Class I pillars of HFrEF GDMT across
Guideline-Directed ... Medical Therapy ... Loop diuretics, MRA ... HFrEF #management #pharmacology ... #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Revascularization, treatment ... for acute MI if ... Initiation of beta-blocker ... failure - Any beta-blocker ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... pregnancy, teratogenic GDMT ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Achalasia - ACG Guidelines ... solids and liquids, heart ... Botulinum toxin • Pharmacologic ... Calcium channel blockers ... Anticholinergics, Beta-adrenergic