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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 ... apnea - Common co-morbidity ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... Diastolic #Treatment #HeartFailure
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Cor triatriatum ... Associated Lesions • Differentials ... Post-Operative Management ... GinaMPatel #Cor ... #cardiology #summary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
→ no signs of CXR ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
R/S>I STEMI Equivalents ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI ... #Equivalents #Interpretation ... #differential
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... ST segment at (or ... leads) #STEMI #Equivalents ... EKG #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
adjusting the dose and/or ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... table #foamed #heartfailure
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
, selenium) Differential ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology