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STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... sometimes advanced treatment ... Treatments may include ... : cardiac resynchronization ... #Management #Cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #HeartFailure #Management ... #CHF #guideline ... ACCAHA2017 #cardiology #treatment
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... , heart failure; ... ; LVH, left ventricular ... #CHF #Congestive ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... Decompensated HF ... #diagnosis #management
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart ... ejection fraction, treatment ... causes, aborted cardiac ... hospitalization for the management ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is when the heart quivers instead of pumps due to disorganized
Ventricular fibrillation ... when the heart ... It results in cardiac ... the absence of treatment ... #Clinical #MedStudent
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... of structural heart ... Underlying ischemic heart ... may not occur Differential ... more intensive treatment
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
decompensated CHF ... decompensated heart ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Severe Heart Failure ... Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... patient with right ventricular ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF