The Evaluation and Follow-Up of a Heart Failure Patient
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date published 31/07/2007
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SummaryAn extensive battery of laboratory tests is not required for most patients with heart failure. Routine testing should include a complete blood cell count (to detect anemia and systemic diseases with hematologic manifestations), measurement of renal function and electrolytes including magnesium (to exclude renal failure and to provide a baseline for subsequent therapy), liver function tests (to exclude accompanying liver pathology and provide a baseline), and blood glucose and lipid testing (to diagnose diabetes and dyslipidemia, both of which should be managed aggressively in heart failure patients).
Table of Contents- Routine Diagnostic Assessment
- ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
- Additional Diagnostic Evaluation
- MYOCARDIAL BIOPSY.
- ASSESSMENT OF EXERCISE CAPACITY
- Follow-Up Evaluation
- Conclusions
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