Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing in Heart Failure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 46-year-old man with a dilated cardiomyopathy and known chronic HFrEF for the last two years now presents with a recent history of worsening shortness…
Echocardiography in Congestive Heart Failure
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Congestive heart failure has been defined as a clinical syndrome that occurs when the heart is unable to meet the demands of actively metabolizing tissue without…
Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Heart Failure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 67-year-old man with a history of relapsing heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction 25%-30%), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents to the emergency department with a…
Biomarkers in Heart Failure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 35-year-old man arrives by ambulance to the emergency department (ED) with chief complaints of chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Physician interviews…
Right Heart Catheterization in Heart Failure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with a history of nonischemic cardiomyopathy presents with worsening shortness of breath, orthopnea, lower extremity edema, and weight gain. He is diagnosed…
Diet in Heart Failure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 56-year-old woman was brought to the cardiologist office for routine clinical examination. The patient showed signs of peripheral edema, denied dyspnea, New York Heart…
Valvular Heart Disease
PATIENT CASE: AORTIC STENOSIS Print Section Listen Mrs. R is a 92-year-old woman with history of severe aortic stenosis (AS), hypertension (HTN), atrial flutter, and nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD)….
Cardiotoxicity
PATIENT CASES Print Section Listen CASE 1 A 51-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. She has a history of newly…
Heart Failure in the Elderly
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen An 86-year-old woman with a history of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is admitted to the hospital for worsening shortness of breath and…
Amyloid Heart Disease
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen JS, a 45-year-old Caucasian man, was referred to the Mayo Clinic in consultation for progressive congestive heart failure (CHF) of unclear etiology. A year prior…
