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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Causes of Mitral ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Causes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy DCMP - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic DCMP: Viral, Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, Genetic causes, Unknown
Cardiomyopathy DCMP - Differential ... Idiopathic DCMP: Viral ... Sporadic Other secondary ... Cardiomyopathy #DCMP #Differential ... #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... chordae Severe mitral ... dysplastic MV leaflets Secondary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... tumors: Most common cause ... valve - Secondary ... #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
herniation • Anatomic ... Pathologic fracture secondary ... spondylitis), Peripheral ... www.youtube.com/c/ ... #Diagnosis #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... arteriosus or peripheral ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation • Mitral ... #cardiology
Differential Diagnosis of Cyanosis
Peripheral cyanosis
  A. Low cardiac output states
  B. Environmental exposure (cold)
of Cyanosis Peripheral ... exposure (cold) C. ... Anatomic shunts ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Etiologies: • Viral ... virus), Hepatitis C ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
airways in the peripheral ... The most common cause ... infection, usually viral ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Bronchiectasis #Differential
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... Sometimes history of viral ... C. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology