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UNLOCKED #43 Exclusive! HFrEF (TFTC audio)

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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Matt and Paul recap top pearls from a recent episode on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and the importance of understanding the underlying causes of heart failure with Dr. Michelle Kittleson (video version). They also answer listener questions and share their picks of the week.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Humor
01:41 Understanding Heart Failure
04:50 Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
09:57 Practical Approaches to Treatment
13:58 The Importance of Medication Adherence
16:22 Dietary Considerations in Heart Failure
18:24 ED Follow-Ups and Patient Management
20:38 SGLT2 Inhibitors and Infections
25:58 Patient Counseling and Preventative Care
26:33 Picks of the Week


Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Paul, I have a fish that can break dance.

0:06.3

Unless there's at home.

0:07.7

Waddo's so excited about this one.

0:09.7

But he could only do it, Paul, he could only do it for 10 seconds, and he could only do it once.

0:17.4

I don't understand.

0:22.5

It's because the fish dies.

0:27.1

I'm, hmm, I...

0:28.6

Okay.

0:30.3

I have to explain this to you.

0:32.1

Paul, you take a fish out of water, you put it down.

0:34.2

It looks like it's breakdancing.

0:35.7

I see.

0:36.2

But it's dying.

0:36.7

So it's a story about murdering your breakdancing. I see. But it's dying. So it's a story

0:37.5

about murdering your fish. Okay. I'm not going to do it for real. It's just a, uh,

0:44.0

sure. Just an amusing anecdote. Only for 10 seconds and only once. Oh my gosh. All right, Paul.

0:50.1

Let me try one more. All right. When my uncle Frank died, he wanted his remains to be buried in his favorite beer mug.

1:00.0

Okay.

1:01.0

So I guess you could say his last wish was to be Frankenstein.

1:06.2

All right, that's pretty good.

1:09.4

I like it.

1:10.6

I, the fish one, I think you didn't get it, Paul. That one really did it for you. That's pretty good. I like it.

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