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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
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mechanisms and management ... Ao, aorta; DTI, ... ventricular index of myocardial ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Criteria #Assessment #RVDysfunction
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... Treat and prevent myocardial ... and right heart dysfunction ... ineffective) #Management ... Diastolic #Treatment #HeartFailure
Cardiogenic Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Identifying Hypoperfusion from Cardiac Dysfunction
 • Exam: Congestion vs Hypoperfusion
Cardiogenic Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Hypoperfusion from Cardiac Dysfunction ... Studies • POCUS ... Management: •
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Differential diagnosis ... mellitus Acute myocardial ... valve repair or dysfunction ... Cardiology #Clinical #POCUS
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... Cardiomyopathic → myocardial ... dissection of ascending aorta ... Classification #Types #diagnosis ... #management #cold
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... Cardiomyopathic → myocardial ... dissection of ascending aorta ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
Evaluation and Management ... efforts should focus ... underlying renal dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... identifies systolic dysfunction ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Idiopathic LV dysfunction ... Differential Diagnosis ... heart disease • Myocardial ... should be done on diagnosis ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Aortic dissection carries an incredibly high mortality that increases 1%/hour. POCUS can be used as a
life threatening diagnosis ... The aorta is the ... anterior third of the aorta ... #AbdominalUS #AorticDissection ... #Aorta #Flap #Transverse