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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
failure has been ... by the New York Heart ... arising from flare ups ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... arising from flare ups ... #Management #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Management of Heart ... /American Heart ... Guidelines and the Heart ... America #HFrEF #HeartFailure ... #treatment #algorithm
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
- Differential Algorithm ... cognitively inspires EPs ... segment is the only ECG ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #cardiology #occlusionMI
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
Algorithm for screening ... haemoglobin; HFrEF, heart ... NYHA, New York Heart ... #HFrEF #sCHF #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Indications
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type II

• p waves are normal 
• QRS complexes are usually
Second Degree Heart ... generally in the His-Purkinje ... HeartBlock #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Here’s a great ECG ... palpitations Her heart ... probably because it has ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #EKG
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... - Congenital (e.g ... HHT), Acquired (e.g ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
imaging → Test for APS ... • Provoked (e.g ... Inherited and APS ... Inherited and APS ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm