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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Principles: Reduce the ... as an "angina equivalent ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... #Treatment #HeartFailure
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
placed through an ... thick-walled LV ... • Triggers (EKG ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... pathway likely an ... thrombus, RV systolic ... May have typical HF ... #cardiology #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Lytes including Ca ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF ... #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Can begin in arms ... , NCV can classify ... the main variants ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... PMHx recent CHF, ... it attached to an ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... PMHx recent CHF, ... it attached to an ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... may benefit from LV ... #cardiology #treatment ... #heartfailure #chf
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
defining feature, PRS can ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... ) • EMG/NCS for ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
How can the coronary ... LV generates enough ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment