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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... Failure - Causes ... , Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... Diagnosis • Dilated
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... failure • Elevated ... failure therapy
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
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Stenosis - Diastolic Heart ... Failure - Aortic ... Failure Infographic ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... Diagnosis Obesity ... #Differential #
Bilateral Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 • Medication Side
Extremity Swelling - Differential ... Effect • Acute Heart ... Failure • Nephrotic ... Disease • Chronic Heart ... Failure • Liver
Myxedema Heart on Echocardiogram
52F with weeks of shortness of breath, pedal edema and constipation.  Exam
Myxedema Heart on ... Echocardiogram ... failure and echo ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... failure: - Hyperthyroidism ... Failure • Infective ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADH Independent:
 • Tea and Toast Syndrome, Beer Potomania - Low solute
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypervolemic - Heart ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm