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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... as an "angina equivalent ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis and Management Summary
PRE-ENDOSCOPY
Vasoactive agents - Octreotide: 
 • 50mcg bolus →
Diagnosis and Management ... for 2-5 days, Can ... Ceftriaxone (or equivalent ... Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #endoscopy
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... • Can perform ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
to perform own ADLs ... Highest metabolic equivalent ... dependent DM ACS ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
excellent tool that can ... Coronary Syndrome (ACS ... further workup and treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... TB IRIS which can ... • Kaposi sarcoma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
HFpEF and CAD Management ... guidelines for CAD ... Clopidogrel (or equivalent ... recent PCl or ACS ... #cardiology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL), Multicentric Castleman’s
HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi ... Disease (MCD) in HIV-AIDS ... IV ganciclovir can ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic