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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Management of Heart ... Failure: A Report ... /American Heart ... Task Force on Clinical ... Failure Society
The Failing Heart - Physiology - Congestive Heart Failure

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology #Cardiology
The Failing Heart ... Physiology - Congestive Heart ... Failure #Congestive ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... exertion • Neurologic ... • Cardiac: Heart ... failure, dysrhythmias ... • Ophthalmologic
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
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... failure • Elevated ... failure therapy ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
AECHF 
Acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure. 
Decompensated heart failure #clinical #management #algorithm
exacerbation of chronic heart ... failure. ... Decompensated heart ... failure #clinical
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
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
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
failure. ... haemoglobin; HFrEF, heart ... failure with reduced ... NYHA, New York Heart ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology