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Heart Failure (Diagnosis/Hx (Chest discomfort, Peripheral oedema, Fatigue,…
Heart Failure
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Management
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ACEi e.g. ramipril (1.25-10mg OD)
or enalopril (2.5-20mg BD) OR ARB e.g.candesartan (4-32mg OD) or losartan (25-100mg OD)
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Prevention
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Increase physical activity, low salt and fat diet, low alcohol, no smoking, no recreational drug use
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Investigations
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BNP levels
|400ng/L is suggestive of abnormal ventricular function
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Pathophysiology
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Left ventricular dysfunction includes altered ventricular size, shape and function
Due to MI, cardiomyopathy, hypertension and valvular heart disease
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