PATIENT CASE NO. 4.1 CASE DESCRIPTION: CHRONIC LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
The following sections are included:
Presentation
Examination
Mechanisms
Questions, 4:1
Differential Diagnosis of Established Dyspnoea
Cardiac
Respiratory
Other
Mechanism of Dyspnoea and Tiredness on Exertion
Cardiac Mechanics
Echocardiography
New York Heart Association Classification of Heart Failure Severity (NYHA Classes I–IV)
“Diastolic Heart Failure”
Questions, 4:2
Myocardial Energy Cost of Heart Failure
Questions, 4:3
Loading and Therapeutic Unloading of the Heart in Heart Failure
Prognosis in Heart Failure and its Modification by Treatment
Questions, 4:4
Pathophysiological Mechanisms Underlying the Benefit of ACE Inhibition and β-Blockade
Molecular Mechanisms
Questions, 4:5