Case report on ambulatory pulmonary pressure monitoring: an attempt to reduce readmissions for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite many recent advances in heart failure (HF) therapies, there remains an unmet need in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) for adequate treatment and follow-up, with the potential to reduce associated mortality and morbidity. Increased intracardiac and intrapulmonary pressures have been shown to precede the onset of symptoms of decompensated HF by several days or even weeks, so there have been several attempts to influence the prognosis of HF by monitoring through various methods. One of these is ambulatory pulmonary pressure monitoring to guide treatment in anticipation of decompensation.

Case summary

We present the case of a 65-year-old woman with rheumatic valve disease and mechanical aortic and mitral prosthesis since 2003 and pacem

SUBMITTER: Angullo-Gomez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9581212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature