The First Principles of Heart Failure Management that can get you through the cardiology ward: Left vs Right heart, Ejection Fraction, and the 5 prognostic medications you need to know.
*Jason is NOT an actual cardiologist, but an intelligent med student who loves some cardiology*
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Recorded 5 April 2022 Co-hosts: JT Yeung, Adian Izwan, Jason D’Silva, Daniel Bontempo. If you have any ideas or feedback, comment on this Notion document, or shoot us an email at firstprinciplesofmedicine@gmail.com
=== Timestamps ===
(00:09) Introduction
(01:49) Right heart = Left heart?
(04:41) First Principles - Ejection Fraction
(07:05) Management differences - HFrEF vs HFpEF
(09:38) FIVE prognostic medications
(26:34) Medication Selection Algorithm
(30:28) Caveats
(31:43) Non-pharmacological management
(33:31) Interventional management
(37:10) 2 very special medications
