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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
of Heart Failure ... American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... America #HFrEF #HeartFailure ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
in acute heart failure ... or bolus infusion ... pressure; HF, heart failure ... Algorithm #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... edema - Large effusion ... nitroglycerine infusion ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
indicates heart failure ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... #Pericardial #Effusion
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... just simply a clinical ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... table #foamed #heartfailure
Pericardial effusion
Whenever we encounter a large heart figure, we should always be aware of the possibility
Pericardial effusion ... a large heart figure ... enlarged heart figure ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
enlargement of the heart figure ... minimal pericardial effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural effusion ... to acute heart failure ... indicate heart failure ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology