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Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute heart ... failure - Acute ... impairment - Cardiac ... #Failure #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Symptoms and Sign of Congestive Heart Failure.

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam

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Symptoms and Sign ... of Congestive Heart ... Failure. ... HeartFailure #CHF #Signs #Symptoms ... #PhysicalExam
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Management ... and Cold (low cardiac ... vs Warm (normal cardiac ... management #CHF #cardiology
Decompensated Heart Failure Classification
Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs Warm
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Classification ... and Cold (low cardiac ... vs Warm (normal cardiac ... CHF #diagnosis #cardiology
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
injury: Chronic heart ... injury: - Primary cardiac ... cardiomyopathy, Acute heart ... non-cardiac illness ... Classification #diagnosis #cardiology
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Acute Heart Failure ... failure • JVD ... failure • No ... Examination #chf #cardiology ... #heartfailure #physicalexam
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
College of Cardiology ... based solely on symptoms ... who never show symptoms ... past or current symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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block • Heart ... failure • Elevated ... shock, sudden cardiac ... failure therapy ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Symptoms and Signs of Heart Failure

#heartfailure #chf #congestive #signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Symptoms and Signs ... of Heart Failure ... congestive #signs #symptoms
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Failure In CHF ... as a pump; cardiac ... designed to increase cardiac ... if the heart failure ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology