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Primary and Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy
(a) Primary cardiomyopathies 
 - Genetic 
 - Mixed (genetic/acquired)
Causes of Cardiomyopathy ... (a) Primary cardiomyopathies ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Cardiomyopathy #Differential ... #Causes
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Myocarditis Cardiomyopathies ... , systemic HTN, ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... aldosteronism) • Hyperthyroidism ... hypertension) • Hypothyroidism ... #Secondary #HTN ... #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest Primary ... disease: CAD, Most cardiomyopathies ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathies ... Primary Cardiomyopathies ... Endocrine (DM, Hyper/hypothyroidism ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential #
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... s syndrome • Primary ... Pheochromocytoma • Hyperthyroidism ... with compensatory HTN ... #Diagnosis #causes
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Endocrine: • Hypothyroidism ... disorders • Cardiomyopathies ... #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... , Primary Hyperaldosteronism ... , Hyperthyroidism ... most pts have HTN ... #Differential #
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... of primary mitral ... long-standing HT ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Bradycardia - Differential ... Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies ... Hypothermia • Hypothyroidism ... Physiological causes ... #Diagnosis #cardiology