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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Congestive Heart Failure ... heart if the heart failure ... aims to inhibit ... #Medications #Action ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... Preserved Ejection Fraction ... - May mimic HF ... as an "angina equivalent ... #Management #Cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
, heart failure; ... HFpEF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... #CHF #Congestive ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Heart Failure with ... Reduced Ejection Fraction ... pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy/ #Heart #Failure ... #CHF #HFrEF #Guideline ... management #GDMT #cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Heart Failure with ... Reduced Ejection Fraction ... pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy/ #Heart #Failure ... #CHF #HFrEF #Guideline ... management #GDMT #cardiology
The H2FPEF score and point allocations
for each clinical characteristic (top), with
associated probability of having heart failure
with
of having heart failure ... preserved ejection fraction ... #HFPEF #Score #CHF ... Diastolic #Diastology #Cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... reduced ejection fraction ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
chronic heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... reduced ejection fraction ... Diagnosis #HFrEF #sCHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart Failure ... Preserved Ejection Fraction ... patients with heart failure ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM
Recommended Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blockers;
receptor blockers; HF ... , heart failure; ... ventricular ejection fraction ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology