Small LV in HFpEF 👇
New 🇪🇸 viewpoint 🇧🇪led by @yulnunezvill with @rdelaespriella in @ESCHeartFailure
High EF ≠ strong heart
Small LV → ↓ preload reserve → low SV
Even during exercise
📊 pathophysiology & therapeutic implications
I realize beta-blockers have not been shown beneficial in non-obstructive HCM, but, they are commonly prescribed here and in HFpEF. I like this study. It shows clearly that BB worsen exercise capacity.
BB have very selective indications. I am not sure why they are popular
@ParrasJorge2 Interesting case. Mud-ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm suggest HCM but visual echo appearance, low-voltage on ecg, RV-involvement and extremely elevated troponin are more suggestive of amyloid-CM. My guess would be atypical CA or combination of HCM and amyloid.
@drAliyor@Obisht Good result. Often less is more. I would probably have chosen the stent a bit longer to cover more of the LMCA (as far as I can see the stent covers only a few millimeters of the LMCA?) to avoid POT balloon expansion in uncovered LMCA.
New #EKG patterns in acute myocardial infarction due to thrombotic plaque rupture:
❌ STEMI / NSTEMI
✅ State of the coronary artery
Great work by @fabrizioricci@martini_chia!