Key result
Young adult HF cases highlight diverse etiologies and atypical presentations requiring high clinical suspicion.
Why the study?
Heart failure is uncommon in young adults and identifying it presents challenges, particularly recognizing the signs and symptoms across a variety of causes.
Case Report (n=4)
Diagnosing heart failure in young adults requires a high index of suspicion as they may lack classic signs and symptoms, necessitating prompt referral for advanced therapies.
Maintain high suspicion for HF in young adults despite atypical features; case series extends etiologic insights but leaves optimal diagnostics open.
Background . While uncommon, heart failure (HF) can present in young adults from a variety of causes. Identifying HF in a young patient presents many challenges, the foremost of which is recognition of the signs and symptoms of HF. Case Summary . We present four cases of new diagnosis of HF (due to familial cardiomyopathy, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, and peripartum cardiomyopathy) to highlight the range of etiologies and presentations requiring recognition in this patient population. Discussion . A high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose HF in young adults, who may not present with classic signs and symptoms. Young adults represent a unique patient population that differs from the older patients with HF. Young adults with newly diagnosed HF should be promptly referred to a center offering full diagnostic capabilities and advanced cardiac therapies.
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Hall et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Heart failure (n=4). A case series of four young adults with newly diagnosed heart failure highlights the diverse etiologies and atypical presentations requiring a high index of suspicion for diagnosis.
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