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Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Management ... Decompensated #HeartFailure ... #management #CHF ... #cardiology
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
Typical ECG changes ... especially left heart ... inverted #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Pericarditis
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
node.Mobitz I heart ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #MobitzI #
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
node.Mobitz I heart ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #MobitzI #
Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in electrocardiography,
triangle with the heart ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... failure; HFpEF, heart ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... considered for heart ... #Management #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Severe Heart Failure ... Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Evaluation - EKG ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management