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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 ... Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #CHF #guideline ... #ACCAHA2017 #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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Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... , heart failure; ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
from this #JVP / neck ... Cardiac rhythm? ... Underlying structural heart ... #TR #Lancisis #Sign ... #Video #Cardiology
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 ... of right-sided HF ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
hospitalized for heart ... patients after cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Clinical #JVP ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
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:
causes, aborted cardiac ... hospitalization for the management ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM ... VisualAbstract #Trial
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Double Apical Impulse (S4) Visualization on Physical Exam - Hi-Res Video Version: https://www.grepmed.com/images/7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs

On palpation, the PMI
7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs ... prominent S4 sound was heard ... ventricle during atrial ... ventricle and is best heard ... #Signs #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... evaluate her JVP (video ... There is an extra heart ... #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology