A middle-aged patient presents with signs and symptoms of heart failure. What are the signs and symptoms? What is this patient’s etiology?
Take-aways this morning:
- Categories of Heart Failure:
- HFrEF (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction) (no longer systolic heart failure)
- HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) (no longer diastolic heart failure)
- Include TB and Cocci in the ddx for dypsnea.
- BNP may be falsely low in obese patients.
Review the Didactic on Heart Failure by John Vo.