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The Failing Heart - Physiology - Congestive Heart Failure

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology #Cardiology
#HeartFailure #CHF ... #Pathophysiology ... #Cardiology
Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
#medications #chf ... #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #pharmacology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... Hyperthyroidism - Increased Metabolism ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology ... HeartFailure #Causes #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
overload -> - CHF ... - Pulmonary ... • Incr Glucose Metabolism ... Syndrome - Metabolic ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... insuffcient to meet the metabolic ... CHF also causes ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Heart Failure (CHF ... leading to: ↑ HF ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #pharmacology #pathophysiology ... #cardiology
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
CT to rule out pulmonary ... was cardiogenic pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SeptalThickening #CHF
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Drugs/toxins • Metabolic ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
• Neoplasm Pulmonary ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... • Sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Vessels • Pulmonary ... Hyperthyroidism • Metabolic