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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... HFrEF Causes: ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... #HeartFailure #Causes ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
to severity of symptoms ... Association, which is classes ... IV symptoms. ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Stages #Classes
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy ... HF, heart failure ... Peripartum #dilated #cardiomyopathy ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Constriction #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
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
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
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis and Causes ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts ... • These shifts ... decompensation (CHF ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes