Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction - Video

Visualize the structural changes that arise in the heart with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

What you’ll learn:

• The effects of myocardial cell injury on the heart, including eccentric hypertrophy and ventricular remodeling
• How increased ventricular size is an adaptive response to preserve cardiac output despite reduced myocyte contractivity
• The results of continued remodeling, including reduced cardiac output and failure to satisfy the metabolic requirements of the body, and/or an increase in filling pressures leading to congestion
• The characteristics of HFrEF, including changes in cardiac chamber size, reduced ventricular wall thickening in systole, and raised left ventricular filling pressure
• Medical management focusing on minimizing cardiac remodeling

This resource has been reviewed for consistency with FDA guidelines and is not approved for continuing medical education credit.