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CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... • Aortic Stenosis ... • Aortic Regurgitation ... • Aortic Regurgitation ... #causes
Causes of Diastolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Early Diastolic:
 • Aortic Regurgitation
 • Pulmonary Regurgitation (Graham-Steell
Causes of Diastolic ... Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diastolic: • Aortic ... #causes
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
general health - Aortic ... valve regurgitation ... ) - Arterial stenosis ... Nivolumab, GM-CSF ... #Workup #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stenosis: • Anacrotic ... regurgitation ... #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... - Aortic sclerosis ... • Mitral Stenosis ... • Tricuspid Stenosis ... #causes #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pulmonary Stenosis ... • Tricuspid Regurgitation ... #Differential #
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
confirm high-output HF ... highest on my differential ... Quinkes #Pulse #AorticRegurgitation ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... insufficiency, stenosis ... • Severe aortic ... regurgitation ... #Differential #