INVESTIGATING THE HEART
FAILURE PATIENT
BY
DR KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
JUTH
03/17/2023
CARDIOLOGY UNIT 1 1
, OBJECTIVES
Overview of Heart failure
Investigation as part of managing HF Patients
The relevance of the different investigations
The specific and non-specific Heart failure
investigations
03/17/2023 2
, OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Clinical vignette
• Definition
• History
• Epidemiology
• Etiology
• Classification
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical features
• Investigation
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Future trend
• Conclusion
03/17/2023 3
, CLINICAL VIGNETTE
• A 70 year old male known hypertensive
diagnosed 2years ago, not regular with his
medications
• Cough and breathlessness of 4weeks
• Bilateral leg swelling of 2weeks
• Cough was productive of non bloody frothy
sputum
• Breathlessness initially on mild exertion and
progressed to at rest with orthopnoea and PND
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FAILURE PATIENT
BY
DR KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
JUTH
03/17/2023
CARDIOLOGY UNIT 1 1
, OBJECTIVES
Overview of Heart failure
Investigation as part of managing HF Patients
The relevance of the different investigations
The specific and non-specific Heart failure
investigations
03/17/2023 2
, OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Clinical vignette
• Definition
• History
• Epidemiology
• Etiology
• Classification
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical features
• Investigation
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Future trend
• Conclusion
03/17/2023 3
, CLINICAL VIGNETTE
• A 70 year old male known hypertensive
diagnosed 2years ago, not regular with his
medications
• Cough and breathlessness of 4weeks
• Bilateral leg swelling of 2weeks
• Cough was productive of non bloody frothy
sputum
• Breathlessness initially on mild exertion and
progressed to at rest with orthopnoea and PND
03/17/2023 4
