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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Causes #Pathophysiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Association, which is classes ... Stage D CHF is frequently ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure # ... Classification #Stages #Classes
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #causes
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
Stage D CHF is frequently ... associated with end-stage ... flare ups that cause ... class III and class ... #Congestive #HeartFailure
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... Phlebotomy - MH/CCF ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome #Causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Treatment
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Diagnosis Obesity ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... #CHF #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Causes
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... functional ID) Treatment ... endpoint of all-cause ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Classification, Differential ... Diagnosis, and ... hypernatremia - CHF ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #causes