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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
, Pathophysiology ... Cardiomyopathy HFrEF ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Causes #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... improvement in symptoms ... #heartfailure # ... diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
patients with HFrEF ... order to alleviate symptoms ... #heartfailure # ... diagnosis #management ... #algorithm #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... #heartfailure # ... diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... causing acute distress ... milrinone) for HFrEF ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... III and class IV symptoms ... #Management #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #cardiology #treatment