The Evaluation and Follow-Up of a Heart Failure Patient
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Table of Contents
- Routine diagnostic assessment
- Assesment of left ventricular function
- Additional diagnostic evaluation
- Myocardial biopsy
- Assessment of exercise capacity
- Follow up evaluation
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
Abstract
An 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).
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