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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart Failure ... and Differential ... Diagnosis • Dilated ... Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart Failure ... - Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Congestive Heart Failure ... (ID) in heart failure ... Exercise capacity Diagnosis ... Deficiency #Heart #Failure ... #pathophysiology
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
congestive heart failure ... to severity of symptoms ... end-stage heart failure ... III and class IV symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis SHOCK ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Decompensated CHF ... #criticalcare
Shock Types and Classification
DISTRIBUTIVE 66%
 • Sepsis/SIRS, anaphylaxis, adrenal insufficiency, liver failure, toxins, spinal/neurogenic
 • Warm
insufficiency, liver failure ... CARDIOGENIC 16% • MI, CHF ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential # ... criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Decompensated CHF ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart Failure ... Pathophysiology ... Chronic heart failure ... improvement in symptoms ... iron #deficiency #CHF
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - ... Differential Diagnosis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #