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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy HFrEF ... Infectious • Other HFpEF ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
PAH vs. heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF]
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Comparison #Table #HFpEF #DiastolicCHF
PAH vs. heart failure ... ejection fraction [HFpEF ... ] #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension #PAH ... Comparison #Table #HFpEF
Diagnostic Algorithm for Treatment of Iron Deficiency in Patients With Heart Failure 

Consensus Recommendations 

#Iron #Deficiency
Diagnostic Algorithm ... for Treatment of Iron ... Recommendations #Iron ... #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 ... treatment/follow‐up of iron ... , haemoglobin; HFrEF ... saturation #Iron ... #HFrEF #sCHF #HeartFailure
Pathophysiological mechanisms of diastolic heart failure HFpEF and possible therapeutic interventions.
Hypertension → Overload
Diabetes → Oxidative stress,
heart failure HFpEF ... regulatory reserve → Pulmonary ... #diastolic #heartfailure ... #dchf #hfpef #pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Heart Failure - Diagnosis ... Treatment Algorithm Diagnosis ... patients with HFrEF ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF ... #heartfailure #
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluation of Pulmonary ... Differentiate PAH ... Sanjiv Shah @HFpEF ... #Pulmonary # ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... release Diagnosis ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF ... #heartfailure # ... diagnosis #management
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Pulmonary Artery ... Sanjiv Shah @HFpEF ... Differentiating #PAH ... #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Pulmonary Artery ... 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP ... Index 2.6-4.2 HFrEF ... Medicine @ucsdim #PA ... Hemodynamics #Cardiology #diagnosis