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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #HeartFailure #Management ... #CHF #guideline
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... Guidelines: • ACC ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #management #algorithm ... #cardiology #treatment
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Consider cardiac ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
an increase in heart ... supine film the cardiac ... that helpful, but comparison ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... be in CHF @echocardiography_tips ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c