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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... , Pathophysiology ... #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Traditionally, congestive ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... III and class IV symptoms ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... Staging #Stages #ACCAHA
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
• These shifts ... decompensation (CHF ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Delirium DDX: • Congestive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... 3) new symptoms ... no alternative cause ... PPCM #Peripartum #Cardiomyopathy ... Criteria #diagnosis #cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
based solely on symptoms ... who never show symptoms ... #CHF #Congestive ... Classification #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Manifestations Causes ... failure - Dilated cardiomyopathy ... - High output congestive ... failure: Hepatic congestion ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... → Inflammation causes ... improvement in symptoms ... endpoint of all-cause ... iron #deficiency #CHF
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
: • Cardiomyopathy ... heart disease • Congestive ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... cardiac output -> Congestive ... Heart Failure (CHF ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms