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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Cardiac rhythm? ... Underlying structural heart ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Acute Heart Failure ... failure • JVD ... Examination #chf ... #cardiology #heartfailure ... #physicalexam #
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... sounds, JVD and ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... , heart failure; ... #CHF #Congestive ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Canon A waves on Physical Examination

Associated with complete heart block. Notice the relatively slow HR. Echocardiography
with complete heart ... CanonA #Waves #Clinical ... #video #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology #JVP
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 ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Myxedema Heart on Echocardiogram
52F with weeks of shortness of breath, pedal edema and constipation.  Exam
Myxedema Heart on ... Exam with JVD, anasarca ... ECG: SR, low QRS ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... considered for heart ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm