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Heart Failure Flashcards

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What is heart failure?

A

Inability of the heart to adequately pump blood in relation to the body’s demands

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What is systolic heart failure?

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Impaired contraction

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What is diastolic heart failure?

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Impaired filling

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Causes of systolic heart failure?

A

MI/ischaemia (commonest)
Dilated cardiomyopathy
HTN
Myocarditis

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Causes of diastolic heart failure?

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Pericardial effusion
Cardiac tamponade
Restrictive/hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Left-sided symptoms of heart failure?

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Fatigue, exertional dyspnoea, orthopnoea, PND

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Right-sided symptoms of heart failure?

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Fatigue, dyspnoea, peripheral oedema, ascites

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Signs of left-sided heart failure?

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Shifted apex beat, 3rd heart sound

Bibasal crackles

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Signs of right-sided heart failure?

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Raised JVP
Hepatomegaly
Ascites
Bilateral leg oedema

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10
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What investigations help diagnose heart failure?

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Bloods - NT Pro-BNP
CXR
Echo

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What is BNP?

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Ventricular natriuretic peptide or brain natriuretic peptide is a hormone secreted by cardiomyocytes in the heart ventricles in response to stretching caused by increased ventricular blood volume

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What is a raised BNP?

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> 100

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What is an echo used to investigate in heart failure?

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Assess LV function
LV wall thickness
Ejection fraction
Valve disease

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What is the ejection fraction?

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How much blood the left ventricle pumps out with each contraction

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15
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CXR signs of heart failure?

A

ABCDE

Alveolar oedema
Kerley B lines (interstitial oedema)
Cardiomegaly
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels
Pleural Effusion
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16
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What is acute heart failure?

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Acute heart failure (AHF) is life-threatening emergency.

AHF is a term used to describe the sudden onset or worsening of the symptoms of heart failure.

17
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What is chronic heart failure?

A

If the symptoms have been going on for some time

18
Q

Management of acute heart failure?

A

Oxygen and IV furosemide

19
Q

Which medication provides symptomatic relief in pulmonary oedema?

A

Furosemide

20
Q

What medications provide prognostic relief in heart failure?

A

ACE-I

Beta-blockers

21
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NHYA classification of heart failure?

A

Grade 1 = no symptoms
Grade 2 = symptoms on exertion
Grade 3 = symptoms on minimal exertion
Grade 4 = symptoms at rest

22
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What is the normal ejection fraction?

A

55% and above

23
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Management of patients with EF <35%?

A

Implantable cardiac defibrillator

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