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**LV hypertrophy, poor R wave progression
**LV hypertrophy, poor R wave progression
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*Ultrasound
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**[[Ultrasound: Cardiac|Bedside]] (for gross function)
** TTE/TEE for EF
**TTE/TEE for EF


==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==

Revision as of 03:39, 5 July 2016

Background

  • Heart is dilated with poor contraction and EF
  • Idiopathic form accounts for 25% of CHF
  • Viral/chronic myocarditis is most common identifiable causes
  • Other causes
    • Ischemic
    • Other infectious - HIV, Lyme, Chagas
    • Familial dilated cardiomyopathy
    • Hypertensive dilated cardiomyopathy
    • Toxic (EtOH/beriberi, cocaine, meth, chemo, heavy metals)
    • Hyperthyroidism
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Peripartum cardiomyopathy
    • Kawasaki disease
    • Autoimmune, SLE
    • Connective tissue disease
    • Infiltrative disease
    • Mitochondrial disease
    • Tachycardia-mediated
    • ESRD
    • Eosinophilic (Churg Strauss)

Diagnosis

  • CHF symptoms
  • CXR
    • Cardiomegaly, pulm venous htn
  • ECG
    • LV hypertrophy, poor R wave progression
  • Ultrasound
    • Bedside (for gross function)
    • TTE/TEE for EF

Differential Diagnosis

Cardiomyopathy

Treatment

  • Treat the underlying diseae
  • Similar to CHF exacerbation
  • Ensure exacerbation not due to ischemia

See Also

References