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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... Jcortesizaguirr #Congestive ... #HeartFailure # ... Diagnosis #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... HFpEF, heart failure ... ejection fraction; HFrEF ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
In CHF, the heart ... failing as a pump; cardiac ... congestion the ... designed to increase cardiac ... #HeartFailure #
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Management of Heart ... Society of America #HFrEF ... #HeartFailure # ... Management #CHF
Pathophysiological mechanisms of diastolic heart failure HFpEF and possible therapeutic interventions.
Hypertension → Overload
Diabetes → Oxidative stress,
mechanisms of diastolic heart ... → Pulmonary congestion ... , Peripheral congestion ... #diastolic #heartfailure ... #dchf #hfpef #pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... Guidelines: • ACC ... patients with HFrEF ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... Principles: Reduce the congestive ... hypertension and right heart ... Management #Cardiology #HFpEF ... #Treatment #HeartFailure
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
STAGES of CHF (A ... Stage D CHF is frequently ... with end-stage heart ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Congestive #HeartFailure
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... x-ray: signs of congestion ... no signs of CXR congestion ... Consider cardiac ... #heartfailure #
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Heart Failure (HFrEF ... patients with Heart ... recommended by the ACC ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure