RT Book, Section
A1 Hedayati, Tarlan
A1 Afifi, Negean
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101223383
T1 Congestive Heart Failure
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101223383
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  normal  ejection  fraction  does  not  exclude  congestive  heart  failure  (CHF),  as  CHF  can  occur  secondary  to  either  systolic  or  diastolic  dysfunction.Nitroglycerin  is  the  initial  treatment  of  choice  because  it  reduces  both  preload  and  afterload  and  rapidly  improves  patient  symptoms.Consider  acute  coronary  syndrome  as  the  primary  precipitant  of  CHF.CHF  associated  with  cardiogenic  shock  maintains  a  very  high  mortality  rate  despite  appropriate  medical  management.