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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... class III and class ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... functional ID) Treatment ... endpoint of all-cause ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... sympathetic system and ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... #Management #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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TR, RV infarct, and ... other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
her JVP (video) ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... #CHF #sCHF #HeartFailure ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #StageC #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
→ no signs of CXR ... endomyocardial biopsy Pharmacology ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
block, or, as this case ... The patient had ... #AWaves #Neck #PhysicalExam ... JVP #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... With treatment, ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... Classification #Stages #Classes