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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... as an "angina equivalent ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... #Treatment #HeartFailure
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... benefit, while also ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Cardiology
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(B) Treatment algorithm ... administered either as ... Diuretic #Diuresis #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... The lateral view ... Notice also the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral ... wrist XR, the capitate ... commonly, 60%; also ... repair MH/CCF ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
functional ID) Treatment ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
The lateral view ... Notice also the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Peribronchial
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... → no signs of CXR ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... on a PA image as ... On a lateral image ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Natural history
Aneurysms may progress in size as a result of gradual wall weakening [6], with rupture
Natural history ... progress in size as ... References: Radiology ... Guidelines for the treatment ... 37:1106-1117 #Management