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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
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... , ↑↑peripheral edema ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
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
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... → no signs of CXR ... of obstructive epicardial ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #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
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
varieties of pulmonary edema ... : cardiac, overhydration ... forms of pulmonary edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... May have typical HF ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... , interstitial edema ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
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