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Cardiogenic Shock Forrester Classification Table and Mortality

- Warm & Dry (Forrester Class I)

- Warm & Wet
Classification Table and Mortality ... Classification #CHF ... Diagnosis #Table #Cardiology
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
dose for higher mortality ... Mortality Reducing ... #medications #chf ... #cardiology #GDMT
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
evidenced to have a mortality ... since these have mortality ... Agents with mortality ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Patient Decision Aid

Page showing options, presenting probabilities, using statistics, and highlighting
have such a high mortality ... #DecisionAid #DTLVAD ... VentricularAssistDevice #Management #CHF ... #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM ... #VisualAbstract
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
endpoint of all-cause mortality ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... Traditionally: No mortality ... diagnosis #management #cardiology