60 year woman with Chest pain and Dyspnea

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A 60 year old woman, housewife by occupation presented with the complaints of 
Dyspnea on exertion since 6 months 
Chest pain since 2 days
 

She was apparently asymptomatic 6 months back
after which one day after getting up in the morning she suddenly started to experience dyspnea at rest, which progressed over the next 3 days. She says the dyspnea aggravated on walking and on laying down in supine posture, she says her dyspnea reduced in sitting posture. Because of this she started to have disturbed sleep. The following day she  experienced retrosternal chest pain radiating to her left shoulder. Over the next 3 days she had intermittent episodes of chest pain on and off along with productive cough with scanty mucoid, non foul smelling, non blood tinged sputum. 

She got admitted with us 6 months back with these complaints for 1 week and was diagnosed with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction of 29%, Iron deficiency anemia  and has been on regular medications ever since.


Since the past 6 months, she says she still feels dyspneic on walking for even 5  minutes and since the past 2 days she has again started to  experience intermittent retrosternal chest pain radiating to her left shoulder. She however gives no complains of giddiness, palpitations, vomiting, nausea, profuse sweating, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, trepopnea, bendopnia.

Past History:
She has had three vaginal deliveries and was tubectomised 35 years back.
She was also diagnosed to be a hypertensive and diabetic 10 years back on a routine checkup  and has been using Tab Telma Beta 40/50mg, once daily along with Tab Metformin 500mg once daily since the past 10 years.
Along with this she has intermittent been consuming Tab Ultracet occasionally for her lower back pain along with a spinal brace for her lower back pain. 
Since the past 6 months she has also been on Tab Lasix 40mg, twice daily along with Tab Orofer XT, once daily.

Personal history: 
She has been experiencing loss of appetite since the past 6 months. She consumes a mixed diet. She has no complains regarding her bowel and bladder habits or sleep. 

Family history:
No significant family history

ON GENERAL EXAMINATION:

She was conscious, coherent and cooperative 
Pulse rate - 75 beats per minute, regular, normal in volume with no radio-radial or radio-femoral delay. 
Blood pressure - 110/70mmhg, right arm, in supine posture
Respiratory Rate - 18 cycles per minute
Spo2 - 98% on Room Air
GRBS - 150mg/dl






HEAD TO TOE GENERAL EXAMINATION:











Weight - 55 kgs
Thin built
Hair - Thin and graying +
Eyes - Pallor +, No icterus
Nails - No clubbing, No Koilonychia 
No spinal deformities
Legs- No pedal edema


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

Cardiovascular Sytem:

Inspection:
Shape of the chest - Ellipsoid 
Breast abnormalities - Absent 
Cutaneous lesions - Absent
No dilated veins, scars or visible pulsations

 Palpation: 
Apex beat present in 6th ICS in Midclavicular line 
No palpale pulsations in aortic and Pulmonary areas
No palpable pulsations in sternoclavicular area
No left parasternal pulsations
No epigastric pulsations palpable

Auscultation:
Muffled S1,S2 +
Pansystolic murmur +

Respiratory system:
Inspiratory crepts in right IAA and ISA

Per Abdomen:
Soft
No tenderness
No guarding, rigidity
Bowel sounds present

Central Nervous System Examination: 
 Normal  


PROVISONAL DIAGNOSIS:

 1. HEART FAILURE 
2.  ANEMIA UNDER EVALUATION 
3. KNOWN CASE OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS SINCE 10 YEARS

REPORTS:


ECG: 





Chest X Ray PA view:








Complete Blood Picture:

Hemoglobin - 8.5 g/dl
TLC - 8000 cells/cumm
Platelets - 1.5 Lakhs/cumm
Peripheral smear - Anisopoikilocytosis with hypochromasia microcytes and pencil forms

ABG:

Ph - 7.45
PCO2 - 35.5mmhg
PO2 - 92mmhg
HCO3 - 24.6 mmol/l

Complete Urine Examination:
No abnormalities present

Renal Function test:
Serum creatine - 0.8mg/dl
Blood urea - 30mg/dl
Serum Sodium - 138 meq/l
Serum potassium - 4.5 meq/l
Serum Chloride- 100 meq/l

Liver function test:
Total bilirubin - 0.46mg/dl
Direct bilirubin - 0.16 mg/dl
AST - 10 IU/L
ALT - 11 IU/L
ALP - 163 IU/L
Total proteins - 5.4 gm/dl
Albumin - 3.5 gm/dl

RBS - 157mg/dl
FBS - 137 mg/dl
PLBS - 264 mg/dl
HbA1c - 6.6 %


Reticulocyte count - 2%
Serum Ferritin - 12 ng/mL



USG ABDOMEN:  


2DECHO:




Global Hypokinesia, Mild LVH
Mild MR +, Trivial TR +/ AR+
Sclerotic AV
AML Doming
EF = 29% , RSVP = 29 mmhg
No PAH
Severe LV Dysfunction
Minimal PE
 Diastolic Dysfunction + 



FINAL DIAGNOSIS: 

 1. HEART FAILURE WITH EF - 29%

2.  IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

3. KNOWN CASE OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS SINCE 10 YEARS



TREATMENT: 
1. Tab Lasix 40mg/PO/BD
8am and 4pm
2. Tab Telma Beta 40/50mg PO/OD
8am
3. Tab Metformin 500mg/PO/OD
8am 
4. Tab Orofer XT/PO/BD
5. Tab Isosorbide Dinitrate 5mg/PO/BD for 3 days
6. Syrup Lactulose 10ml/PO/BD 
7. Fluid Restriction <1 Litre/day
8. Salt Restriction 2 grams/day 
9. Strict diabetic diet - was advised to follow Harvard plate.


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