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Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
#medications #chf ... #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology ... Afterload • Valvular ... HeartFailure #Causes #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
- Increased vascular ... alteration to vascular ... leading to  vascular ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema ... Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... ischemic changes CXR ... • Pulmonary vascular ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
0.25), murmur of valvular ... → no signs of CXR ... endomyocardial biopsy Pharmacology ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Heart Failure (CHF ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #pharmacology # ... pathophysiology ... #cardiology
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
- Interstitial edema ... Stage II of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB ... #Intersitial #Edema
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
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with alveolar edema ... difference in vascular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... Cathepsin G release → vascular ... myalgias, HoTN, edema ... common • Imaging: CXR ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
normal-sized heart and vascular ... diagnosis of pulmonary oedema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay