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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... Practice Guidelines and ... Society of America #HFrEF ... #CHF #guideline
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... ischemia - May mimic ... HF as an "angina ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... ) Clinical Presentation ... Chest x-ray: signs ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
impaction can mimick ... ) and allergic bronchopulmonary ... with asthma or CF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Stenosis - Diagnosis and ... Stages Clinical ... Palpitations - HF ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
hilar adenopathy and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic ... #Differential #Comparison
Differential diagnosis of TB.
Primary TB: Acute bacterial pneumonia
Secondary TB: Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis
Endobronchial spread of TB: Bronchopneumonia,
ca, chorionca and ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #MiliaryTB #Comparison ... #Metastases #Mimic
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
honeycombing (left) and ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis #Mimic