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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
rhythm in atrial fibrilation ... prevent myocardial ischemia ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Management #Cardiology ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Diastolic
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
• New ischemia ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... cardiovascular risk ... #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology