In episode #301 in the CardioNerds Decipher the Guidelines Series, a 60-year-old woman with a history of alcohol-related dilated cardiomyopathy presents for follow-up. She has just reached her five-year sobriety milestone and is asymptomatic at rest and up to moderate exercise. The main question is asked by Palisades Medical Center medicine resident and CardioNerds intern Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian based on the most appropriate response to the patient’s request to discontinue her metoprolol medication. The question is answered first by Hopkins Bayview medicine resident Dr. Ty Sweeny, and then by expert faculty Dr. Robert Mentz, associate professor of medicine and section chief for heart failure at Duke University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cardiac Failure.

Reference: 301. Guidelines: 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure – Question #20 with Dr. Robert Mentz. CardioNerds. Updated May 25, 2023. Accessed August 14, 2023. https://www.cardionerds.com/301-guidelines-2022-aha-acc-hfsa-guideline-for-the-management-of-heart-failure-question-20-with-dr-robert-mentz/