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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... Principles: Reduce the congestive ... Control blood pressure ... sinus rhythm in atrial ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
(pulse pressure ... x-ray: signs of congestion ... no signs of CXR congestion ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
the chest film (Table ... sequence of signs in congestive ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... Findings #Signs #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Congestive heart ... pulmonary venous pressure ... result of long standing ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... right ventricular pressure ... (if patient is taking ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
#diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... #heartfailure #chf
Dilation of the azygos vein is a sign of increased right atrial pressure and is usually
increased right atrial ... pressure and is ... In the standing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Azygous
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... May have typical HF ... Delivery • Stable ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment