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Class I: #Uvula, #fauces, soft #palate, #pillars visible.
• Class II: Uvula, Soft palate, fauces visible.
• Class
Class I: #Uvula, ... #fauces, soft # ... • Class II: Uvula ... , Soft palate, fauces ... Class III: Base of uvula
Class I: #Uvula, #fauces, soft #palate, #pillars visible.
• Class II: Uvula, Soft palate, fauces visible.
• Class
Class I: #Uvula, ... #fauces, soft # ... • Class II: Uvula ... , Soft palate, fauces ... Class III: Base of uvula
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... Cardiomyopathy HFrEF Causes ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Causes #Pathophysiology
Müller's sign is the pulsation or bobbing of the uvula that occurs during systole.  It
bobbing of the uvula ... Müller's sign is caused ... regurgitation #uvula ... #PhysicalExam #Cardiology
Right Sided Heart Failure Mnemonic: "AW HEAD"
ANOREXIA & NAUSEA 

WEIGHT GAIN 

HEPATOMEGALY 

EDEMA (BIPEDAL) 

ASCITES 

DISTENDED
HEAD" ANOREXIA & NAUSEA ... AWHEAD #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Normal variant Pulsus ... heart failure Pulsus ... Anacrotic • Pulsus ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... endpoint of all-cause ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
#High #Output #HeartFailure ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload