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Bernard, age 70, male

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Has worsening chronic heart failure (HF) and just experienced a second HF-related hospitalization
Diagnosed 6 months ago with chronic HF after his first hospitalization
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III heart failure
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 28%
- Started on sacubitril/valsartan
Experienced another HF hospitalization 3 weeks ago
- NT-proBNP levels while hospitalized: 3,913 pg/mL
Comorbidities:
- Controlled hypertension
- Hypercholesterolemia
- eGFR = 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
Medications:
- Sacubitril/valsartan
- Carvedilol
- Rosuvastatin
- Furosemide
Activity level:
Finds it hard to do light activity such as grocery shopping and walking short distances
Definitions:
eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; NT-proBNP = N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide.