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SYMPTOMS
SIGNS
COMPLICATIONS
MANAGEMENT
Chizner, M.A. Clinical Cardiology Made Ridiculously Simple.Medmaster, Inc.2004. P. 235.
THE CENTRAL CIRCULATION
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= PCWP
THE CENTRAL CIRCULATION
25/10
(15)
mmH
g 10 mmHg
10
mmH
g
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.
Mortality (%)
Cumulative
15 P=.0062
Survival
0.9 (n=2,001)
(adjusted)
Placebo
(n=398) 10
0.8 65%
Metoprolol CR/XL
P<.001 5 (n=1,990)
0.7
0.0 0
0 100 200 300 400 0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Days Days
Survival (%)
90 Carvedilol (n=1,156)
Survival
0.8 34%
Placebo
80 35%
P<.0001 Placebo
(n=1,320) 70 P=.0014 (n=1,133)
(adjusted)
0.6 60
0.0 0
0 200 400 600 800 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21
Days Months
Packer M, et al. N Engl J Med. 1996;334:1349-1355. MERIT-HF Study Group. Lancet. 1999;253:2001-2007.
CIBIS-II Investigators. Lancet. 1999;353:9-13. Packer M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:1651-1658.
CHARM-Alternative
Primary outcome of CV death or CHF hospitalization
50
406 (40.0%)
or CHF Hospitalization (%)
Proportion With CV Death
Placebo
40
334 (33.0%)
30
Candesartan
20
Fixed-dose HYD/ISDN
Survival (%)
95
90
Placebo
Hazard ratio=0.57
P=.01
85
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Days Since Baseline Visit Date
HYD/ISDN 518 463 407 359 313 251 13
Placebo 532 466 401 340 285 232 24
80%
n=128
80%
Relative Risk Reduction 47%; P=.04
Cumulative Mortality
Cumulative Mortality
70% 70%
HYD/ISDN Superior
60% 60%
n=324
50% 50%
40% 40%
30% 30%
20% 20%
10% 10%
0% 0%
0 6 18 30 42 54 66 0 6 18 30 42 54 66
Months Months
HYD/ISDN
HYD/ISDN=hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate. Placebo
Carson P, et al. J Card Fail. 1999;5:178-187.
SCD-HeFT
Surgical therapies
for CHF
CABS for ICM and viable myocardium, for
hibernating heart.
Rates for the composite endpoint of mortality or all-cause hospital admission were 74% (carvedilol) and 76%
(metoprolol), RR 6% (95% CI, -2% to 14%, P=.122).
Metoprolol mean dose: 85 mg QD; carvedilol mean dose: 42 mg QD.
Poole-Wilson PA, et al. Lancet. 2003;362:7-13.
The Hospitalized Patient
Treatment With Intravenous Loop Diuretics
36
The Hospitalized Patient
Preserving End-Organ Performance
38
Initial Clinical Assessment of Patients
Presenting With Heart Failure
Measurement of BNP and Noninvasive Imaging
40