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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential ... Vasodilation Lung ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... #CHF #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Lung Ultrasound in COVID 19 symptoms and a history of heart failure

FAMUS @FAMUSultrasound

#Lung #Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
Lung Ultrasound ... COVID 19 symptoms and ... FAMUSultrasound #Lung ... #Ultrasound #COVID19 ... #POCUS #CHF #Comparison
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
congestion the lungs ... and venous circulation ... sympathetic system and ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
Pathophysiological mechanisms of diastolic heart failure HFpEF and possible therapeutic interventions.
Hypertension → Overload
Diabetes → Oxidative stress,
failure HFpEF and ... Interstitial and ... regulatory reserve → Pulmonary ... #diastolic #heartfailure ... #dchf #hfpef #pathophysiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Lung Ultrasound: ... Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... Often anterior and ... #edema #comparison ... clinical #diagnosis #ultrasound
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
- May mimic HF ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Management #Cardiology ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Diastolic ... #Treatment #HeartFailure
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... iron absorption and ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology