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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... congestion the lungs ... designed to increase cardiac ... Action #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Vasodilation Lung ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... #CHF #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Consider cardiac ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
output because of cardiac ... In the lungs LV ... the result of long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
dependent part of the lungs ... be high in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph ... exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... unless prior heart/lung ... postoperative cardiac
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
of the ECG to focus ... risk of sudden cardiac ... This includes long ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiology #differential