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Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
on POCUS Here’ ... s a similar case ... , CBD also looks ... around in the CBD ... Dilated #BileDuct #CBD
Twinkle Artifact of CBD stone
"Twinkle artifact" isn't exclusive to urinary stones. Check out this dancing CBD
Twinkle Artifact of CBD ... out this dancing CBD ... #POCUS Can also ... be caused by adenomyomatosis ... Twinkle #Artifact #CBD
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
primer on the causes ... • Atheromatous CAD ... Non-atheromatous CAD ... Hypercoagulable States #cardiology ... #MINOCA #differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... heart disease: CAD ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... Hypertension - Differential ... parenchymal disease - CKD ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... - Differential ... Reactive • Primary CTD ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... RA, and other CTD ... Hemopericardium #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Physiologic Causes ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... Differential ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... treat the primary cause ... patients with CAD ... may not be the case ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare