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Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
Algorithm for Treatment ... scan - 90-100% se ... ) • Consider Lung ... cteph #management #algorithm ... #cardiology #pulmonary
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
- Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... : SLE, Rheumatoid ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Causes #cardiology
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Can you see hemidiaphragms ... cervical rib Check lung ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... often easiest to see ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... 'diseases' per se ... involvement of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Differential Diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... are difficult to see ... bronchiolitis or chronic pulmonary ... right with the pulmonary ... penicillamine) #Clinical #Radiology
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
smoking, history of lung ... characteristics alone (See ... #Diagnosis #Epidemiology ... #Radiology #Pulmonary