In this video, A/Prof Kas looks at the new guidelines on heart failure and really shows that not much is new. The approach should still be:
- A decrease in preload /afterload- GTN
- A recruitment of alveoli by CPAP or BiPAP
- Frusemide but only recognised as a delayed working agent.
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