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Right Sided Heart Failure Mnemonic: "AW HEAD"
ANOREXIA & NAUSEA 

WEIGHT GAIN 

HEPATOMEGALY 

EDEMA (BIPEDAL) 

ASCITES 

DISTENDED
HEAD" ANOREXIA & NAUSEA ... ASCITES DISTENDED NECK ... AWHEAD #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology
Antiarrhythmic Medication Table

#Antiarrhythmic #Medications #Table #Classification #Classes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Medications #Table #Classification ... #Classes #Cardiology ... #Pharmacology
Antiarrhythmic Drugs

CLASS IA
 • Procainamide, Quinidine, Disopyramide
CLASS 1B
 • Lidocaine, Mexiletine
CLASS 2
 • Propranolol, Esmolol
CLASS 4
#Medications #Classes ... #Classification ... #Pharmacology # ... cardiology
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Classification ... #Stages #Classes
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... of the ACC/AHA Classification ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Stages #Classes
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification
Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic) - Na+ Channel Blockade
 • Slows depolarization
Vaughan Williams Classification ... VaughanWilliams #Classification ... #Classes #cardiology ... #pharmacology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on Neck ... block, or, as this case ... CannonA #AWaves #Neck ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Diamond-Forrester classification ... physical activity - Nausea ... - Radiation to neck ... diagnosis #Algorithm #cardiology