
- Remember to consider high-output heart failure in patients who present with undifferentiated shock.
- Florid heart failure may be the initial presentation of certain rare causes of AV Fistulae.
- Often traditional treatments of heart failure such as inotropes and vasodilators may be harmful treatment of HF with an elevated ejection fraction.
- Definitive treatment of the underlying etiology is central to the management of high output heart failure.