Episode #295 in the CardioNerds Decipher the Guidelines Series discusses the case of a 48-year-old woman with signs and symptoms of heart failure, particularly jugular venous distention, bibasilar crackles, an S3 heart sound, and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction on echocardiography. The main question refers to Sections 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, and 4.4 of the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure and is asked by Texas Tech University medical student and CardioNerds Academy intern Dr. Adriana Mares. The question concerning which diagnostic test has a Class I indication for further evaluation is answered first by Baylor University cardiology fellow and CardioNerds FIT trialist Dr. Shiva Patlolla, and then by expert faculty Dr. Shelley Zieroth, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, head of the Medical Heart Failure Program, and an associate professor in the section of cardiology at the University of Manitoba.

Reference: 295. Guidelines: 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure – Question #18 with Dr. Shelley Zieroth. CardioNerds. Updated May 3, 2023. Accessed August 14, 2023. https://www.cardionerds.com/295-guidelines-2022-aha-acc-hfsa-guideline-for-the-management-of-heart-failure-question-18-with-dr-shelley-zieroth/