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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... #treatment #algorithm
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
in Congestive Heart ... as a pump; cardiac ... designed to increase cardiac ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
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
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Failure (CHF) ... depot iron] Treatment ... #Failure #CHF # ... pharmacology #pathophysiology ... #cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... But now the ACC/ ... With treatment, ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive
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 ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... Decompensated HF ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... Diagnosis and Treatment ... Guidelines: • ACC ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... management #algorithm #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... collapse of RV - Treatment ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology