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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
STAGES of CHF (A ... that impair the ability ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... CHF also causes ... congestion the lungs ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
STAGES of CHF (A ... that impair the ability ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Vasodilation Lung ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... #CHF #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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Kussmaul's Sign ... with + Kussmaul sign ... time there is inability ... of right-sided HF ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... show symptoms or signs ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... #Checklist #CHF ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management