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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... Practice Guidelines and ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... #treatment #algorithm
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... : cardiac resynchronization ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... - Observe and ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
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:
heart failure and ... ejection fraction, treatment ... cardiovascular causes ... , aborted cardiac ... #Cardiology #EBM
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
causes distension ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... classification, and ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... #cardiology #Angina
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... This causes a density ... x-rays and should ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #Cardiac
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm