SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
DIAGNOSTICS
Pathophysiology
ACUTE MANAGEMENT
Medications, dosing, guidlines
100

This heart sound is a classic sign, high indication Physical exam finding, of CHF due to increased ventricular filling pressures.

What is an S3 gallop?

100

This lab test is helpful for telling us if there is volume overload but does not determine why there is volume overload

What is BNP?

100

This form of heart failure is characterized by a dilated, weak ventricle and reduced ejection fraction.

What is HFrEF?

100

What is the mnemonic for therapy for acute CHF Exacerbation?

what is LMNOP?

Loop, Morphine, Nitrates, Oxygen, Position

100

This loop diuretic is better to take orally and is more potent than Furosamide

Bumetanide

200

Orthopnea and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea indicate which type of heart failure?

What is Left Sided Heart Failure?

200

What imaging is best used for the diagnosis of CHF?

What is an Echocardiogram?

200

Thickened, stiff ventricles with impaired relaxation but preserved EF describe this condition.

What is HFpEF


200

Lasix, Morphine, Nitrates, Oxygen, and Position upright are included in this management strategy.

What is acute CHF exacerbation treatment?

200

IV loop dieurtics are used in acute CHF to avoid which complication if used by other means?

Gut swelling


300

Peripheral edema and jugular venous distension are hallmark findings of this condition.

What is right-sided heart failure?

300

This Diagnostic Test is useful for identifying ischemia or arrhythmias but does not confirm CHF.

What is an ECG?

300

is the most common cause of systolic heart failure in adults?

what is ischemic heart disease
300
First line medication for volume overload in acute CHF?

what is IV furosamide

300

Beta blockers should not be used in CHF patients with these two conditions?

Cardiogenic Shock, Hypotension


400

This physical exam maneuver has high specificity for heart failure when positive

What is hepatojugular reflux?

400

This diagnostic test is the gold standard for differentiating ischemic from nonischemic cardiomyopathy.

What is a Left Heart Catheterization?

400

HFpEF symptoms can happen due to impaired ventricular _______ instead of ________ 

What is filling, contraction.

400

This medication should be started in pulmonary edema if systolic BP is greater than 100

Nitroglycerin

400

ACE inhibs are held if which electrolyte levels are elevated

What is Potassium 


500

Displacement of the point of maximal impulse suggests this underlying cardiac abnormality in CHF.

What is ventricular dilation?

500

Chest X-Rays are the first line imaging to rule out CHF. True or false?

False.

500

Reduced cardiac output in CHF activates this neurohormonal system, worsening fluid retention

What is the RAAS?

500

Patients with an ejection fraction less than 35 percent and NYHA class 2-3 should receive which specific treatment

IMplantable cardioverter defibrillator

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