Heart Failure
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2023 PRACTICE-CHANGING CLINICAL TRIALS #recap ~~ a thread 🧵 ~~ 👇
When I was an intern, I didn't even know what GDMT stood for. It was challenging for me to keep track of all of the heart failure medications. There weren't any great resources t...
Proposed HFpEF clinic pathway for a comprehensive and holistic approach to HFpEF. https://t.co/4xwzbPnx04 #CardioEd #Cardiology #CardioTwitter #heartfailure #clinic #primarycare #c...
Medical Management for Heart Failure with a Reduced Ejection Fraction. Here is my approach/work-up for this consult (Part 4). *Not to use as medical advice, just tips, and alway...
1/18 🤔Why does heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) lead to sodium retention? With reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), decreased cardiac output (CO) leads to neur...
Iron-deficiency anemia: 5 interesting facts 1. The richest source of iron is meat. For vegans and vegetarians, the best source of iron is blackstrap molasses. Other good sources...
#Quick_Review 💊 — #Dapagliflozin | SGLT-2 inhibitor 🔵 Indications: – Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – Heart Failure – Chronic Kidney Disease https://t.co/FxxekHOQGz
1/15 Why is torsemide my preferred loop diuretic when treating heart failure? As a follow-up to a recent tweetorial on furosemide and gut edema, let me offer a 3-part ode to torse...
Kudos to EMPEROR-Preserved investigators. ~6000 patient RCT for Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Brief thoughts 1/ https://t.co/803toemW7F
1/ Why does obesity cause a "falsely low" B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with heart failure? I often hear this used to explain unexpectedly low BNP results, but I've...
#ESC20 PARALLAX Trial 🧵 -2,566 HF patients (LVEF >40%) -Sacubitril-Valsartan vs Active-controlled treatment (Enalapril, Valsartan or Placebo) -Primary endpoint: NTproBNP at 12 wee...
My team recently asked WHY we give Fe to pts with HFrEF+anemia. First answer: b/c someone told me so Better answer: let me get back to you on that Let’s explore and try to unde...
💥SGLT2 Inhibitors as Diuretics: Tweetorial ⚡️SGLT2i: how is it’s diuretic effect potentially different from the Loop Diuretics? 1/ @RenalFellowNtwk @NephJC #NephJC #SGLT2i
