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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... Cardiomyopathy HFrEF ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Update of the 2013 ... Society of America #HFrEF ... #HeartFailure # ... #treatment #algorithm
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
and Treatment Algorithm ... class IIb) • ESC 2016 ... patients with HFrEF ... #heartfailure # ... #cardiology #treatment
"Suggested management of chronic heart failure. Adapted from the 2016 European Society of Cardiology guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
Adapted from the 2016 ... European Society of Cardiology ... Pharmacotherapy of HFrEF ... CHF #Management #HFrEF ... #Cardiology #Algorithm
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
Algorithm for screening ... , haemoglobin; HFrEF ... Management #Diagnosis #HFrEF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Indications
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
heart failure; HFpEF ... ejection fraction; HFrEF ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... endpoint of all-cause ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF ... #heartfailure # ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
prognostic value in HFpEF ... predictive of all‐cause ... hospitalizations in HFpEF ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
N Engl J Med 2014 ... cardiovascular causes ... Spironolactone #HFpEF ... #dCHF #Cardiology