Heart Failure 1

Question 1

Define heart failure and rage types of heart failure

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Question 2

Contrast the causes of systolic & diastolic dysfunction

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Question 3

Give the clinical diagnosis of HF

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Question 4

Discuss the pathophysiology pic changes associated with heart failure

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Question 5

Outline the normal left ventricular pressure-volume loop

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Question 6

What is stroke volume? How do we calculate it?

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Question 7

What is ejection fraction? How do we calculate this?

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Question 8

What does ejection fraction indicate?

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Question 9

What are the features of systolic dysfunction?

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Question 10

What are the changes in left ventricular P-V loop in systolic dysfunction?

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Question 11

What are the compensatory changes in systolic dysfunction?

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Question 12

How does the compensated LV failure look on the P-V loop?

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Question 13

What are the pathophysiology changes associated with heart failure?

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Question 14

Define & give the features of diastolic dysfunction

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Question 15

What are the changes in left ventricular P-V loop in diastolic dysfunction?

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Question 16

Discuss the neurohumoral changes in heart failure

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Question 17

How does sympathetic activity of neurohumoral activity

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Question 18

How is RAAS activated in neurohumoral changes?

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Question 19

What’s the impact of cytokines & peptides in heart failure?

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Question 20

Describe B-type Natriuretic peptide

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Question 21

What are the cellular changes in ventricular myocardium in heart failure?

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Question 22

What are the P-V loop in progressive left ventricular failure?

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Question 23

Contrast HFpEF vs HFrEF

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