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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
American College of Cardiology ... Society of America #HFrEF ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
for screening/diagnosis ... and treatment/follow‐up ... #HFrEF #sCHF #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Indications ... #Treatment
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... and Treatment Algorithm ... Guidelines: • ACC ... patients with HFrEF ... #algorithm #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... #management #cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Heart Failure (HFrEF ... ) Treatment - GDMT ... patients with Heart ... patients have edema ... #StageC #Cardiology
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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Jacob S et al. ... Cardiac Rhythm Device ... Heart Rhythm 2011 ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Radiology #CXR
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart ... ejection fraction, treatment ... causes, aborted cardiac ... Spironolactone #HFpEF ... #dCHF #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart ... functional ID) Treatment ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
non-cardiogenic edema ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
cardiogenic pulmonary edema ... Revascularization, treatment ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology