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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
to severity of symptoms ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Classification
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... → Inflammation causes ... improvement in symptoms ... endpoint of all-cause ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF #heartfailure
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... based solely on symptoms ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Classification ... #Stages #Classes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... and TR Murmurs Imaging ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... #differential #cardiology
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 ... #Staging #Stages
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... pain (shooting, stabbing ... suspected, immediate MRI ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... cerebellar ataxia Imaging ... Disease #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Pes Anserine Bursitis - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-like signal along the medial aspect of
- MSK Radiology ... Imaging Findings ... Case description ... knee #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Disease - MSK Radiology ... Imaging Findings ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tear (similar symptoms ... #clinical #Radiology
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
Syndrome - MSK Radiology ... Imaging Findings ... Case description ... flexion but no symptoms ... #clinical #Radiology