Mnemonic To recall the management of acute heart failure or exacerbation of HF, remember LMNOP: Lasix/Loop diuretic Morphine (for ACS) Nitroglycerin Oxygen Position or Prop up the patientLong-term management of HF Lifestyle modifications[2,6,8,9,17,20] Lifestyle modifications decrease morbidity ...
decreasing intracellular calcium. Because these drugs reduce left ventricular inotropy (contractility) via the same mechanism, they are generally not recommended for use in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (reduced ejection fraction). ...
Before the routine use of acute interventions, the Killip Classification was used to predict mortality during STEMI. This system focused on physical examination and the development of heart failure to predict risk, as described below. Class I:No evidence of heart failure (HF): mortality...
Heart failure (HF) is the complex condition resulting from a structural and/or functional inability of the heart to supply the normal cardiac output to meet metabolic needs. In HF, impaired ventricular filling or ejection of blood leads to fatigue, dyspnea, and fluid retention or edema. Echocard...
Heart Failure is a chronic and progressively deteriorating syndrome that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Improved outcomes have been achieved with novel drugs and devices. However, the number of patients refractory to conventional medical therapy is growing. These advanced heart failure patients...