GOLD DISEASE SUMMARY CPPT Flashcards by Josh Sewekow | Brainscape

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GOLD

Congestive Heart Failure
(CHF)

Common Etiologies contributing to CHF:

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Arrhythmia, PE, HTN, valvular heart dis, myocarditis, unstable angina, renal failure, severe anemia

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GOLD

Congestive Heart Failure

L side vs R sided CHF

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L. Sided: gen assocd w/ signs of pulmonary venous congestion
R. Sided: assocd w/ signs of systemic venous congestion

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GOLD

CHF
Diminished CO…so what?

Compensatory changes

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INCd blood volume
Cardiac filling pressure
HR
Cardiac mm mass

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