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When Murmurs Need Echocardiography Evaluation - ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines
#Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #Cardiology #Screening #Murmurs #RedFlags #Echocardiogram
Echocardiography Evaluation - ACC ... 2008 Guidelines #Diagnosis ... #PrimaryCare #Cardiology ... Murmurs #RedFlags #Echocardiogram
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... lung sliding) Diagnostics ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Aspiration/PNA: antibiotics ... #Management #treatment
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
and Treatment Algorithm ... Diagnosis: Ferritin ... Guidelines: • ACC ... management #algorithm #cardiology ... #treatment #guidelines
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
guide prophylactic antibiotic ... treatment. ... this will guide antibiotic ... Thumb #Metacarpal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
and iron release Diagnosis ... functional ID) Treatment ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... recommended by the ACC ... HeartFailure #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #StageC #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... But now the ACC/ ... With treatment, ... patients with a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
from Harjola et al ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram