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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... CHF also causes ... aims to inhibit ... #Medications #Action ... #Cardiology #Preload
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... pulmonay infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Algorithm #Causes
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... lack of acute cardiac ... ischemic changes CXR ... Pulmonary vascular congestion ... #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of congestion ( ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Congestive heart ... output because of cardiac ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Pumonary cardiogenic edema ... a patient with congestive ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
and Peripheral Edema ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Post Cardiac Catheterization Complications
Access site complications
 • Hematoma - Pain, swelling, bruising
 • Retroperitoneal bleed -
change • Allergic reaction ... , rash, airway edema ... nephropathy - Rise in Cr ... Complications #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
cells • sFlt-1 & Activin ... pulmonary venous congestion ... on a CXR Outcomes ... experience recovery of cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology