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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... aims to inhibit ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #Medications #Action ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology
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
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include: ... lack of acute cardiac ... ischemic changes CXR ... #cardiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
output because of cardiac ... finally into the alveoli ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

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