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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 ... American College of Cardiology ... America #HFrEF #HeartFailure ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
and Treatment Algorithm ... Guidelines: • ACC ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #cardiology #treatment
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Checklist Outline ALL ... cervical rib Check lung ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... are trying to figger ... visible wall #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
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 ... → no signs of CXR ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Checklist #CHF ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... be present at all ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... a patient with CHF ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features