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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Arterial Hypertension ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Exercise intolerance, dyspnea ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Bypass Other Treatment ... hemodynamic variables, dyspnea
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... hypertension Rx ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... on radioactive lung
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
heart disease • Hypertensive ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... #treatment
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... admitted with severe dyspnoe ... After treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology