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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... Society of America #HFrEF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
) Clinical Presentation ... → no signs of CXR ... of obstructive epicardial ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Echocardiogram (A4c ... + respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Echocardiogram (S4c ... + respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #POCUS #clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #A4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... May have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - A4C ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #clinical #cardiology