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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used in Congestive ... failing as a pump; cardiac ... designed to increase cardiac ... #HeartFailure # ... Cardiology #Preload
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Management ... Decompensated #HeartFailure ... #management #CHF ... #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Muffled heart sounds ... show diastolic collapse ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... American College of Cardiology ... America #HFrEF #HeartFailure ... #Management #CHF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure # ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
diuretic use in acute heart ... (A) Congestion with ... pressure; HF, heart ... #HeartFailure # ... Cardiology #Management
Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Early complications result mainly from myocardial necrosis itself, while later complications reflect the
Arrhythmias - Congestive ... heart failure ... Ventricular aneurysm - Cardiac ... tamponade - Cardiogenic ... shock #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
: note L sided collapse ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Masked #LeftSided #Collapse
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... Ejection Fraction: Management ... Principles: Reduce the congestive ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... Diastolic #Treatment #HeartFailure
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #