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Sinus Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Autonomic System:
 • Excess Stimulation: Nicotine, Caffeine, Sympathomimetics, Anticholinergics
 • Withdrawal:
Sinus Tachycardia ... - Differential ... Distributive (fever, sepsis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... • Atrial tachycardias ... depletion • Pulmonary ... Afterload: • Sepsis ... #hypotensive #differential
#EKG taken on a patient with an acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain showing tachycardia,
with an acute pulmonary ... strain showing tachycardia ... pulmonaryembolism #AcutePE #criticalcare ... #cardiology #ECG
Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... @PulmPEEPs #Posterior ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology #chest
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
• ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ... • VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Supraventricular/Atrial Tachycardia ... , Ventricular Tachycardia ... Tamponade, pulmonary ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential ... #radiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... fibrillation, sinus tachycardia ... atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
Classification and Differential ... / Low SVR • Sepsis ... , CVP > 12 • Pulmonary ... Classification #Differential ... Diagnosis #Types #criticalcare
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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wall (esp. basal posterior ... dysfunction or pulmonary ... arrythmias (V. tachycardia ... #Sarcoidosis #Cardiology