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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart Failure ... Cardiomyopathy HFrEF ... Infectious • Other HFpEF ... #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
Diagnostic Algorithm for Treatment of Iron Deficiency in Patients With Heart Failure 

Consensus Recommendations 

#Iron #Deficiency
Diagnostic Algorithm ... for Treatment of Iron ... Patients With Heart Failure ... #Algorithm #HFrEF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
for screening/diagnosis ... chronic heart failure ... , haemoglobin; HFrEF ... , heart failure ... #HFrEF #sCHF #HeartFailure
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Heart Failure (HFrEF ... patients with Heart Failure ... Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... patients with HFrEF ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
in Heart Failure ... Guidelines: • ACC ... patients with HFrEF ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
in Heart Failure ... Chronic heart failure ... → Inflammation causes ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
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 Failure ... cardiovascular causes ... Spironolactone #HFpEF ... #dCHF #Cardiology ... #EBM #VisualAbstract
Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

CONCLUSIONS:
Among patients with heart failure and a
Patients with Heart Failure ... cardiovascular causes ... Dapagliflozin #hfref ... #chf #visualabstract ... #ebm
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... decompensated CHF ... Pericarditis, CAD, HFrEF ... /HFpEF, Intracardiac ... (eg, DM, renal failure