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Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... overload (increased afterload ... impairment - Cardiac ... #Differential #Causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
• Migraine Cardiac ... • DCM - Afterload ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... CHF also causes ... designed to increase cardiac ... Cardiology #Preload #Afterload
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... insufficiency (MC) Cardiac ... inotropes Decreased Afterload ... differential #diagnosis #causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... benefit from LV afterload ... inotrope therapy and afterload ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause
Cardiac Maneuvers and Effects on Murmurs

Valsalva Standing - Decr BIood Return to LV
Laying Down, Squatting, Straight
Cardiac Maneuvers ... Phenylephrine - Incr Afterload ... Nitrate - Decr Afterload ... Post PVC - Decr Afterload ... Diast Time) #Cardiac
Mechanical Cardiac Support Devices Compared
Cannula Size - Insertion Technique - Haemodynarnic Support
IABP:
 • Afterload: Reduced
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Mechanical Cardiac ... Support IABP: • Afterload ... TandemHeart: • Afterload ... Impella: • Afterload ... #Mechanical #Cardiac
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
reductions in afterload ... elevations in afterload ... Heart #Murmur #Cardiac
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... Cardiomyopathy HFrEF Causes ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... : • Afterload ... #HeartFailure #Causes
VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
Contractility, ↓ Afterload ... Vasodilators: ↓ Afterload ... Reducing ECMO Flow: ↓ Afterload ... • IABP: ↓ Afterload