Contents

• Case scenario
• Cardiomyopathy
• Signs & symptoms
• Investigations
• Pharmacology
• Management of Bariatric patients
• References

Description

This paper analyses the case given below –
George is a 48 year old IT consultant for the Adelaide City Council and has been admitted to the ward for congestive heart failure. He is married and has 3 children ranging in age from 15-22. He works long hours and rarely gets home before 8 o’clock. He lives in Greenwich, he has a mortgage and his wife does not work. Two years ago George presented to his local doctor after months of feeling tired, short of breath (even when just walking from the car park to work) and complaining that his heart was racing, even when he was resting. He denied any chest pain and after much testing was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. George and family have made a lot of effort to reduce the fat in their diet and he has stopped smoking. But due to shortness of breath and palpitations, George finds it hard to attempt any exercise to lose weight.