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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... the 2013 ACCF/AHA ... Society of America #HFrEF ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... treatment #algorithm #sCHF
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Guidelines: • ACC ... /AHA 2017 - In patients ... patients with HFrEF ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #algorithm #cardiology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... decompensated CHF ... Pericarditis, CAD, HFrEF
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... distension, wheeze, abdominal ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... bilateral pleural effusions ... Pharmacology: • ACE
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
recommended by the ACC ... /AHA guidelines. ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
edema - Large effusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
and pericardial effusions ... , enlarged abdominal ... liver lesions – all ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Focused #Assessment #Ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
and iron release Diagnosis ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
But now the ACC/ ... AHA classification ... patients with a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive