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Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Guidelines: • ACC ... class II and Ill HF ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... management #algorithm #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Iron Deficiency ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
with alveolar edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary #Edema ... #AlveolarEdema ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
patients have edema ... recommended by the ACC ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
rales, peripheral edema ... lines, alveolar edema ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
cardiogenic pulmonary edema ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Checklist #CHF ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
III - Alveolar edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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vascular pedicle All ... with pulmonary edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
of interstitial edema ... All these findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant