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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 ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... 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 ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... patient with right ventricular ... hypertension Rx ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #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
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram

Crazy POCUS of an untreated VSD with with pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome,
VSD with with pulmonary ... hypertension, Eisenmenger ... this situation, the ... eabramsMD #VSD #Ventricular ... SeptalDefect #Untreated #Cardiology
Malignant RV Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
57yo M with chest pain.  Normal work up including
Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram ... hypertension. ... was metastatic pulmonary ... henneberry_ryan #RV #Ventricular ... #clinical #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Characterized by left ventricular ... Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... LVEF <45% • Left ventricular ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology