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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... failure). ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider right heart ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
failure that develops ... failure • Aortic ... failure • Consider ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
The Failing Heart - Physiology - Congestive Heart Failure

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology #Cardiology
The Failing Heart ... Physiology - Congestive Heart ... Failure #Congestive ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute heart ... failure - Acute ... arrhythmias #Acute #Heart ... #Failure #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Failure: A Report ... American College of Cardiology ... /American Heart ... Failure Society ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology
Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
Drugs for Heart ... Failure #medications ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS ... endocarditis Heart ... failure (valve ... abnormalities, heart ... cardiothoracic #cardiology
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Acute Heart Failure ... • History of heart ... failure • JVD ... failure • No ... Examination #chf #cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
failure. ... The increased heart ... failure like redistribution ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR