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Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
- Differential ... Diagnosis Physiologic ... failure: - Hyperthyroidism ... Thyrotoxicosis - Wet Beriberi ... #cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... Primary #Secondary #HTN ... #Cardiology #Differential
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Pathophysiology and Differential ... Diagnosis Obesity ... AV Shunts Wet Beriberi ... Hematopoiesis Hyperthyroidism ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... heart failure: - Hyperthyroidism ... Thyrotoxicosis - Wet Beriberi ... #causes #cardiology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... Ambulatory blood pressure ... Consider secondary HTN ... Metabolic Causes: • Hyperthyroidism ... #Hypertension #HTN
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... most pts have HTN ... Workup #causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #indications
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Endocrine (DM, Hyper/hypothyroidism ... deficiencies (Beriberi ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lactation - Hyperthyroidism ... Moderate pulmonary HTN ... #beriberi #nutrition
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Endocrine: • Hypothyroidism ... Raised Intracranial Pressure ... #cardiology #BRADI
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
PND, wide pulse pressure ... thiamine deficiency (beriberi ... highest on my differential ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology