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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • AFib/AFlutter ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... • Arrhythmias: Afib ... Valvular: Mitral stenosis ... Structural: myxoma, thrombus ... #Diagnosis #causes
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... severe mitral stenosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve thrombus ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #differential #
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy Aortic Stenosis ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... • Pulmonary Stenosis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... insufficiency, stenosis ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
associated mitral stenosis ... plane into left atrium ... papillary muscles apically ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology