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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
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... and Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Exacerbation - Diagnostic ... Examination #chf ... #cardiology #heartfailure ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Traditionally, congestive heart ... by the New York Heart ... with end-stage heart ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... heart failure - ... impairment - Cardiac ... arrhythmias #Acute #Heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Decompensated Heart Failure Classification
Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs Warm
Decompensated Heart ... and Cold (low cardiac ... vs Warm (normal cardiac ... Classification #CHF ... #diagnosis #cardiology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Cardiac #Heart #Tumors #Masses #Differential #Classification
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #Heart ... #Tumors #Masses
The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
The HEART Score ... for Chest Pain Patients ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes