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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 ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... The other cause ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
STAGES of CHF (A ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
a patient with ARDS ... There is alveolar ... dilated and the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ARDS #Alveolar
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Causes - Rule out ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
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
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
Stage III - Alveolar ... and an enlarged cardiac ... see an enlarged cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
pulmonary edema: cardiac ... permeability (ARDS ... failure and chronic cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular