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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Aortic Aneurysms and ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... both heart valve conditions ... • Infective Endocarditis ... ) • Tricuspid
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Mitral stenosis or regurgitation ... , Tricuspid endocarditis ... Postprocedural, Lung
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #diagnosis #management
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Other Conditions ... • Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... #joint #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 1 – In an initiating phase, there is lung alveolar
phase, there is lung ... bind the Arg-Gly-Asp ... – Under these conditions ... , fibroblasts differentiate ... AEC = alveolar epithelial
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• Therefore, conditions ... predisposition of conditions ... in acute mitral regurgitation ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... , verrucous) - Lung ... mitral regurgitation ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
causes (chronic lung ... artery pressure via tricuspid ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... regurgitation velocity ... #management #hepatology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... Infective/marantic endocarditis ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology