A Tired Heart

Author: Rachel Furness / Editor: Martin Dore / Reviewer: Srikanth Padmanabhan / Codes: / Published: 28/07/2023

A 73-year-old gentleman with a background of heart failure, atrial fibrillation and severe aortic stenosis presents to your Emergency Department (ED) with shortness of breath.

Examination, lung ultrasound and a chest radiograph point to acute heart failure as the diagnosis.

HR 98

BP 190/105

RR 30

Sats 89% on 15L

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