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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... Revascularization, treatment ... Nephrotoxins (e.g ... channel blocker (eg ... #Checklist #CHF
Medical Management of Acute RV Failure
 • Evaluate and Treat Etiology of RV Failure [e.g. Acute
[e.g. ... involving RV, Pulmonary ... Embolism] • Evaluate ... rightventricular #cardiology ... #management #treatment
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Decompensated CHF ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Embolism, Tension ... ) UOP > 0.5 cc/kg
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
New-onset Heart Failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... via ASD • Metastatic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... symptomatic heart failure
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
New-onset heart failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... symptomatic heart failure
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... ->treatments include ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #heartfailure #chf
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy (e.g ... embolus 3. ... hemodynamics (e.g ... LVEF recovery (e.g ... teratogenic GDMT meds (e.g
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
of pregnancy (e.g ... ⚠️ Cardiogenic shock ... Genetic variants (e.g ... deficiencies (e.g ... Consider biomarkers (e.g