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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... 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
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... table #foamed #heartfailure ... #chf #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... risk Chest X-ray ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(CXR), try rotating ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary