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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Chronic ... Syndrome • Chronic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... decompensated CHF ... Intracardiac shunt, Cardiomyopathy
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... edema - filling ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
edema - Large ... edema in hypotensive ... patients With chronic ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... #Checklist #CHF
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
*Chronic HFrEF may ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
edema. ... disease and causes ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... features on the chest ... be present at all ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... May have typical HF ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema ... diagnosis #management #cardiology