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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #CHF #guideline ... #treatment #algorithm
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... The pulmonary vessels ... All these findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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size - subtle interstitial ... vascular pedicle All ... are dealing with pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... flow, interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
diameter of the pulmonary ... the accentuated interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Peribronchial
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... diameter of the pulmonary ... the accentuated interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... → no signs of CXR ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... In daily clinical ... be present at all ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment