35 year old man with DCMP

35 year old man working as a food caterer  presented to our OPD with the chief complains of  

Dyspnea at rest since 5 days 

Cough with expectoration since 5 days 

Bilateral pedal edema since 4 days 

Abdominal distension since 3 days


He was a regular alcoholic since the past 10 years and an occasional smoker. He apparently was completely alright until one morning in November 2019 when he had high fever with chills and visited a local hospital where he got admitted, he says the fever was intermittent and more at nights and was often followed by sweating and was diagnosed with malaria for which he received treatment. 


In Dec 2019, the following month, he says he started feeling breathless while climbing up the stairs which progressed over the next 5 days to such an extent that he even felt dyspneic even at rest and had dry cough on and off. He says that his dyspnea and cough aggravated on laying in bed. He gradually developed bilateral pedal edema followed by abdominal distension over the next few days which alarmed him and he decided to pay a visit to a doctor. He visited a local hospital and was put on some medications ( no documentation ) which patient couldn't recall of. Since it did not improve his symptoms he visited our hospital in January 2020. 

He however gave no complaints of palpitations, nausea, vomiting, profuse sweating.

He also gave no complaints of  reduced urine output, hematuria, forthy urine.

No complaints of burning micturation, diarrhea, vomiting, pain abdomen.

PAST HISTORY:

Since the past 10 years  he has been consuming around 180 ml of whiskey everyday. He also tells that he would occasionally smoke cigarette once in a while along with his friends. In those 10 years he never paid a visit to his hometown due to financial issues and decided not to get married anytime soon as he wanted to settle the financial issues his family was facing. 

Not a known case of Diabetes, Hypertension, Also no history of CAD, CVA, Bronchial Asthma, Pulmonary Koch's.

PERSONAL HISTORY:


Patient was born and brought up in ***. He was born to a farmer and a housewife. He has 2 elder siblings, his elder sister is married to an advocate and has 2 children and his elder brother is working as a software engineer. He pursued his degree in electronics but was not successful in finding a job in this branch, so he moved to another state 10 years back and started working in a food catering business along with his friends. During his stay outside his hometown, he says he used to often feel lonely and used to often consume whiskey along with his friends which got to a point that he started consuming around 180 ml of whiskey everyday and would occasionally also smoke cigarettes. 
He has been having disturbed sleep because of the financial issues his family has been facing. His appetite has increased and more often consumes outside food. 
Since the past 10 years  he has been consuming around 180 ml of whiskey everyday. He also tells that he would occasionally smoke cigarette once in a while along with his friends. In those 10 years he never paid a visit to his hometown due to financial issues and decided not to get married anytime soon as he wanted to settle the financial issues his family was facing. 

On presentation to our hospital: 

He was obese with central obesity

His pulse rate was 100 bpm

Blood pressure - 110/70mmhg

RR - 21 cpm

Spo2 - 98% on Room Air

Temp - 98.6 %

GRBS - 151 mg/dl





GENERAL EXAMINATION:







He weighed 98 kgs and his abdominal girth measured 100 cm

He had no pallor, icterus, clubbing, cyanosis, lymphadenopathy 

He had bilateral pitting type of pedal edema present upto his knees

JVP was raised

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION: 

CARDIOVASCULAR: 

Inspection

Shape of the chest - Ellipsoid  

No dilated veins, scars, sinuses 

No cutaneous lesions

No breast abnormalities

Palpation: 

Apex beat palpated in 6th ICS 1 cm lateral to MCL 

No palpable pulsations in aortic or pulmonary area or tricuspid area 

No palpable pulsation 

No palpable epigastric pulsations 

No palpable pulsations in sternoclavicular area

Auscultation:

Muffled S1,S2 +

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION: 

Inspiratory crepitations in Bilateral in IAA, ISA

PER ABDOMEN: 

soft 

Non tender  

No organomegaly 

Bowel sounds +

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EXAMINATION: 

Normal  


PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS: 

 HEART FAILURE SECONDARY TO  

? VIRAL MYOCARDITIS 

? ALCOHOLIC 

REPORTS:

ECG:



His blood picture, renal and liver parameters were in within the normal range.  

On routine investigations his HbA1c was found to be 8.4 %. 

His Ultrasonography of abdomen revealed Grade 1 fatty liver ( probably secondary to his alcohol intake), mild ascites, Right moderate pleural effusion. 





2DEcho was done which revealed that all the 4 chambers to be dilated with an ejection fraction of 27, global hypokinesia, severe MR, trivial AR, severe LV dysfunction with mild PAH, dilated IVC (2.3cm) 


A diagnosis of HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION   - 27%

DENOVO DETECTED TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

TREAMENT ADVISED:

 he was started on  

1. Tab Lasix 80mg in the morning, 40mg in the afternoon and evening 

2. Tab Isosorbide mononitrate 10mg twice a day 

3. Tab Hydralazine 25mg  

4. Tab Telma 40mg 

5.Tab Metformin 500mg once a day 

and was advised for fluid of less than 1 litre and salt restriction of less than 2grams/day

He was advised for a coronary angiogram for which he visited Hyderabad. CAG was performed on 24th of January 2020 which turned out to be normal and he was started on Tab Vymada 50mg and Tab Met XL 12.5mg 

( Sacubitril 26 mg and Valsartan 24 mg) along with Tab Ecosprin AV (75/20)

On regular at home monitoring of blood glucose levels which were within the normal range, he stopped taking Tab Metformin. 

On 14th March 2020 he paid a visit to our hospital with the similar complains and a review scan of 2DEcho was done which revealed end point septal separation distance to be increased and Tab Vymada was increased to 100mg. 

On July 28th, 2020 he presented to our OPD with the complains of Dyspnea at rest since 5 days which apparently aggravates when the patient is in supine posture and he also complains of  occasional cough with scanty mucoid, non blood tinged sputum especially while he is asleep. He says he developed bilateral pedal edema extending upto his knee over the past 4 days followed by abdominal distension. 

Patient appears to have gained weight with abdominal girth measuring 116cm and he weighed 101 kg







He weighs 93 kgs now

He appeared to be in respiratory distress with a respiratory rate of 28 cycles per minute and his saturation was  at 98 % on room air. 

His heart was beating at 120 bpm with a blood pressure of 100/70mmhg. 

He was afebrile. 

He had Icterus




His JVP was raised 


CVS:

On palpation:His apex beat was in 6th intercostal space, 1cm lateral to midclavicular line. 

On auscultation, S1  S2 + 

His lungs were clear on auscultation

His abdomen was soft to palpate and bowel sounds were heard. 

CNS: Normal



ECG & CHEST X RAY PA VIEW:





Hemogram: 

Hb - 13 g/dl 

TLC - 7000 cells/cumm 

Platelet count - 2.28 L/cumm

Complete Urine Examination: 

showed no albumin, sugars, RBCs 

2-4 Pus & epithelial cells

Renal Function Test : 

Urea - 53 mg/dl 

Creatinine - 1.4 mg/dl 

Uric Acid - 9 mg/dl 

Calcium - 9.6 mg/dl 

Phosphorus - 3.3 mg/dl 

Sodium -  133 mEq/L 

Potassium - 4 mEq/L 

Chloride - 98 mEq/L

Liver Function Test:  

Total Bilirubin - 4.60 mg/dl 

Direct Bilirubin - 2.42 mg/dl 

AST - 56 IU/L 

ALT - 44 IU/L 

ALP - 129 IU/L 

Total Proteins - 6.2 gm/dl 

Albumin - 3.9 gm/dl




His 2Decho showed dilated chambers with global hypokinesia, ejection fraction of 26 %, severe MR, mild TR, Trivial AR, mild pericardial effusion, mild PAH and IVC measuring 1.7 cms.




The Patient is currently on fluid and salt restriction 

Along with INJ LASIX 40MG TID 

TAB VYMADA 100 MG BD 

TAB VALSARTAN 80MG OD 

TAB MET XL 12.5MG OD 

TAB DYTOR PLUS 10/25 OD

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