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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 ... of Heart Failure ... Task Force on Clinical ... Failure Society ... #CHF #guideline
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
failure has been ... failure, although ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... HeartFailure #Staging #Classification
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
College of Cardiology ... of the ACC/AHA Classification ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #Stages #Classes
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:
cardiovascular causes ... hospitalization for the management ... of heart failure ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart ... : Chronic heart ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
STAGES of CHF (A ... with end-stage heart ... failure, although ... flare ups that cause ... #Management #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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biventeicular failure ... inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... failure -(rare) ... failure ++, Valve ... in up to 30% of cases ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... failure). ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... high CVP, left heart ... failure, positive ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison