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Tony Breu

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Hospitalist, VA Boston. Faculty, @HMSbioethics. Co-host, @CuriousClinPod. Usually at #AMreport. Views are my own.

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🤔Why does heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) lead to sodium retention?

With reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), decreased cardiac output (CO) leads to neurohormonal activation and sodium avidity.

If CO is preserved in HFpEF, what's the inciting event?

1/18 🤔Why does heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) lead to sodium retention? With reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), decreased cardiac output (CO) leads to neurohormonal activation and sodium avidity. If CO is preserved in HFpEF, what's the inciting event?
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