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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
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
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
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... rales, peripheral edema ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
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
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
causing acute distress ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Echocardiogram (A4c ... + respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... #ultrasound #a4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... Cardiac cath if ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... management - MH/CCF ... Tamponade #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #trauma ... #cardiology #s4c