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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
is failing as a ... CHF also causes ... lungs and venous ... #HeartFailure # ... Cardiology #Preload
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(A) Congestion with ... (B) Treatment algorithm ... Diuresis #CHF #Algorithm ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
STAGES of CHF (A, ... sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure # ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... a reticular pattern ... at the lung bases ... attributed to chronic congestive ... #Clinical #Radiology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
ALKI (activin A ... Associated with - Connective ... Interstitial lung ... and obstructive pattern ... #Differential #Causes
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... patient with congestive ... nodular interstitial lung ... Consolidation #Causes
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... congestion (no ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management