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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... : bundle branch ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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air bronchograms and ... heart size - subtle ... with pulmonary edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... of interstitial edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema ... #Interstitial #Edema
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
Subtle ground glass ... the dependent and ... and a precursor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... Nonspecific: sinus tachycardia ... on the electrocardiogram ... congestion on a CXR