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In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... structural heart disease ... show symptoms or signs ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... HF → no signs of ... coronary artery disease
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
poor prognostic signs ... Muscle Rupture and Ischemic ... aneurysm neck • Stasis ... #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #timeline
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
women • DDx: Acute ... Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... deWinter T waves - starts ... triple vessel disease ... #ECG #EKG #diagnosis
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... weeks incubation Acute ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... smears using Giemsa stain
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... duration is 6 to 12 ... iron overload states ... , with ensuing ischemia ... Direct fungal stain