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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... Principles: Reduce the ... , pulmonary hypertension ... ineffective) #Management ... Diastolic #Treatment #HeartFailure
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
Stages in the development ... of life; HTN, hypertension ... ; LVH, left ventricular ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... • Right ventricular ... RVSP) - Estimates pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... patient with right ventricular ... hypertension Rx ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
RV Strain in Pulmonary ... your next step in management ... In the setting of ... hypotension & this ... #RVStrain #Pulmonary
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram

Crazy POCUS of an untreated VSD with with pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome,
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram ... VSD with with pulmonary ... hypertension, Eisenmenger ... this situation, the ... eabramsMD #VSD #Ventricular
Malignant RV Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
57yo M with chest pain.  Normal work up including
Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram ... ventricle suggesting pulmonary ... hypertension. ... was metastatic pulmonary ... henneberry_ryan #RV #Ventricular
Echocardiogram of Ventricular Tachycardia while still being paced.

You're asked to emergently echo this patient who developed
Echocardiogram of ... Ventricular Tachycardia ... arrest from severe pulmonary ... hypertension. ... #Ventricular #Tachycardia
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
significantly worse on echocardiogram ... Acute pulmonary ... myocardium Severe pulmonary ... hypertension The ... such as with left ventricular