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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Traditionally, congestive heart ... to severity of symptoms ... flare ups that cause ... III and class IV symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
in Congestive Heart ... as a pump; cardiac ... CHF also causes ... designed to increase cardiac ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... Look for other signs ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... flare ups that cause ... III and class IV symptoms ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... or signs of heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... Classification #Stages #Classes
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... of the left heart ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... heart failure. ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart ... Pathophysiology: Chronic heart ... improvement in symptoms ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... diagnosis #management #cardiology