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Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... Are there complicating ... mitral inflow pattern ... pressure (LVFP): #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #Grading #Classification
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... sparing of the area ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... with peripheral areas ... consolidation #Clinical ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... the subpleural area ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Differential #Comparison
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
>50 mmHg (2) (Table ... common problem in clinical ... with impaired and normal ... A common pattern ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... evaluation of the pattern ... Areas of diagnostic ... uncertainty are ... #Algorithm #Hepatology