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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Heart ... Disease Pulmonary ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... out Left-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
typical boot shaped heart ... caused the upturned ... along with concave Pulmonary ... Chest #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... support for patients clinically ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
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 ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... days before Pulmonary
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... he suffered no head ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest