Assesment Of HF Flashcards
Which HF patients should get cathed
Anyone presenting with HF who gas angina or ischemia unless no revascularization options (class I) Or chest pain (class ii)
Which HF patients should have noninvasive imaging
To define likelyhood of cad
How does spect work?
Retained by viable myocytes
Stitch trial
What modalities?
Define viability? (%, segments)
80% spect, 20% dob echo
Uptake 50% in 11 segments
P.03, P.21 if adjust for other variables
Patterns of gadilinium in dcm
30% mid wall
15% sub endocardium (like cad)
Utility of MRI in sarcoid
FDG pet?
Very useful. Predicts future sd (11 xrate).
Can follow rx.
Utility of sympathetic innervation by mIBG
If h/m > 1.6 survival greater than 85%
Who should get serial Ef
Change in clinical status Optimizing rx (4-6 months)
What is rvswi. What numbers are concerning
(Mpap-wedge)Ci/hr
>300
Fick co
Vo2(125)/a-v o2 differencexhgbx14
Class 1 indications for bx
New onset HF (less than 2w)
2-12 weeks with arrhythmia, av block, or fail to respond to care
Which Stage a patients should get echoes
Cad, valvular disease, fh in first degree relative
Afib, ECG Abn, ventricular arrhythmia, Abn physical exam
Recs for initial assessment of HF
Thorough h and p
Careful hx of drugs, alternatives etc
Ability of adl
Volume status, orthostatic
Labs to get in initial assessment
CBC, UA, lytes, lipids, Hgb a 1c, lft thyroid
What imaging should be done in initial assessment.
Cxr, echo, radionucleotide, coronary angiograms if angina or
How does 6 min walk test work
Need a 100 foot hallway
Change of 50m significant
Not useful for monitoring pharmacologics, but made a difference in CRT
Who should get cpet
Dispensaries between objective and physical findings Distinguishing HF from non HF causes Candidacy for cardiac transplant Need for cardiac rehab Employment capabilities
What is anerobic threshold
Change in vco2/vo2 slope or when ve/vO2> ve/vc02
Defined by highest oxygen uptake obtained without a sustained increase in lactate.
Rer
Ratio of co2/o2
If below 1 have not reached anaerobic threshold
Ve/vco2 slope
If greater than 35 bad prognostic predictor as is oscillatory breathing.
When do you get an echo in patients with HF
4-6 months after optimization of therapy and if change in clinical status
Ongoing assessment of HF
Functional capacity volume status labs assess prognosis.
Cpex class I Class 2
Rer >1.05
Beta blocker <12, no 14
Class 2a if 50% of predicted
2b should base on lean body mass in the obesse
What is dyspnea index
End expiratory ve/mvv
Closer to 1 worse the pulmonary function
Minnesota vs Kccq
Minnesota lower is better
Kccq higher is better.