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Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT ... getting patients on medication ... both of these medications ... #CHF #sCHF #HeartFailure ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

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

 • Class I pillars of HFrEF GDMT across
Medical Therapy (GDMT ... pillars of HFrEF GDMT ... kidney disease: ACEI ... Chronotropes • Medications ... #pharmacology #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... support for patients clinically ... pregnancy, teratogenic GDMT ... meds (e.g., ACE ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... one post op Cardiology
HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
ARB: if ACE inhibitor ... controlled by above medications ... controlled by ACE ... Enroll in HFpEF clinical ... Management #Algorithm #cardiology