HF management Flashcards
what are the three clinical syndromes of HF?
What are the therapeutic targets for HF?
What drug works on the sympathetic system?
Bisoprolol
Carvedilol
MOA of loop diuretics?
Side effects of loop diuretics?
Why do you get hypokalaemia with loop diuretics?
Explain RAAS
Why can patients get a cough or angioedema with ACE-I?
increased bradykinin
MOA of ARBs?
Aldosterone antagonist MOA?
Explain sympathetic activation in HF
How do BBs help HF?
side effects of BB?
MOA of SGLT2I?
Drug class for sacubitril/valsartan?
What is acute HF?
Pulmonary oedema occurs when pulmonary capillary pressures are more than what?
> 25mmHg
Cardiogenic shock signs?
What is PODMAN for acute HF?
When would you use nitrates in HF?
What does NIV do?
What is an intra-aortic balloon pump?
What does ECMO stand for?
What are the two types of ECMO?
Why use CRT?
CRT criteria?