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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Traditionally, congestive ... sometimes advanced treatment ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
ejection fraction; GDMT ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #Stages #ACCAHA ... #Cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #Stages #ACCAHA
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... four-component staging ... With treatment, ... #CHF #Congestive ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... Kidney stones caused ... Antagonists, K+ Sparing ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... Goodpasture's cause ... crescents) • IF staining ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Management during ... pregnancy, teratogenic GDMT ... #cardiology #treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... to years after starting ... amiodarone treatment ... Exclude other causes ... #diagnosis #management
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
Management of Anthracyclines ... Anthracyclines cause ... ) and initiate treatment ... detection of cardiac injury ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology