Congestion Matters! How to Assess It: Old and New Methods
1. Congestion Matters! How to
Assess It: Old and New Methods
@FudimMarat
Marat Fudim, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiology,
Duke University
3. How Do We Typically Assess Congestion?
Narang. JCF 2020, de la Espriella, Fudim, Rev Esp Cardiol 2023
4. Chaudhry et al. Circulation. 2007
Zile et al. Circulation. 2008
Challenging the Paradigm
Chronic hemodynamic
monitoring has
demonstrated increased
pulmonary pressure
without weight gain
does not equal weight gain
50% of patients had increase in pressure but no change in weight
Increasing pulmonary pressure…
PA
Pressure
6. Pressure does NOT equal Volume
Yaranov, Fudim et al. JCF 2022
Vasoconstriction/Volume Redistribution
10 20 30 40
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
PAD vs TBV
PAD in mmHg
TBV
deviation%
Volume
Overload
Normal pressure – High volume: Diurese
Normal pressure – Normal Volume: Goal
High pressure – High volume: Diurese
High pressure – Low/Normal volume: Vasodilate
R2=0.002
Pulmonary Arterial Diastolic Pressure vs Total Blood Volume
14. ZOLL - HFMS
Heart Failure Monitoring System (HFMS)
Detects ECG and heart rate through 2 electrodes, and respiration rate,
activity, and posture through a tri-axial accelerometer.
A measure of lung fluid, is estimated using low-power electromagnetic
pulses in the RF wavelength range between 0.5-2.5 GHz.
15. Sesinel: End-to-End Solution for Heart Failure Management
1
5
• 3-5 Minutes Per Application
• Data Uploaded to Cloud
• Daily spot checks in the
patient’s Home
• Highly sensitive & predictive
measures (6 raw measurements,
12 derived metrics)
• Optional 24-hr Monitoring
• Level-1 Triaging
• Monitoring and triaging of data
• Reducing information overload
(Highly specific escalations to
the correct setting)
• Symptomology when needed
• Medical Staff Engaged Only as
Needed
• Certified Integration w/Patient EHR
• Works w/existing care pathways/protocols
• Patient Data Automatically Updated
• Customizable Settings: based on patient
specific requirements
16. Bodyport Scale
Body weight
Multi-frequency
Peripheral impedance
Phase angle
Pulse rate
Pulse rate
variability
Cardiac output
Left ventricular
ejection time
Pulse transit
time
Signal collection & feature
extraction
Biomarker calculation
DeVore, Fudim et al. 2024 THT
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SIGNALS VITALS
SENSORS
Respiration Rate
Heart Rate
Peak VO2
Cardiac Output
LV Filling Pressures
Blood Pressure
Oxygen Saturation
Electrical Rhythm
Electrocardiography
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Photoplethysmography
P
P
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Seismocardiography S
C
G
Optical Pulse Wave
Mechanical Vibrations
A Noninvasive Alternative for Filling Pressure Assessment
18. Take Home Messages
Congestion is a complex concept
Patients often leave the hospital congested
Congestion ≠ volume overload
Pressure and volume are hard to assess
Landscape of congestion assessment is
changing
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Editor's Notes
.
A visual representation of how volume shifts occur is shown here. Through vasoconstriction we can shift UBV towards the SBV. This shift alone can explain the increase in cardiac filling pressures and does not require external fluid gain.
Physiologic phenotyping through noninvasive and invasive exercise testing may assist in discriminating HFpEF subgroups and potentially distinct clinical profiles
Sanjiv Shah has proposed the following paradigm in order to distinguish HFpEF subgroups:
Resting PCWP < 15; Exercise them -- > if PCWP <25 and PCWP/CO <2, then HFpEF is ruled out
Peak exercise ≥ 25 or PCWP / CO >2, then exercise HFpEF due to increased LA pressures under stress
Resting PCWP ≥ 15, then look for findings of volume overload
If not volume overloaded, look for pulmonary vascular disease and right heart failure
Once you identify broad groups of HFpEF, then do subphenotyping by quantitative imaging, cardiac biopsy, liquid biopsy, exercise phenotyping, machine learning (Shah Circ 2020)