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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Heart ... Regurgitation - Papillary Muscle
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical: Dyspnea ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... , Systemic Sclerosis ... #cardiology #algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Dyspnea - Considerations ... pneumonitis - Cardiomyopathy ... disease of: - Heart ... - Conduction system ... #algorithm #differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... EMERGENCY • Multi-system ... Rhabdomyolysis, Thermal cardiomyopathy ... #illness #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... pneumonia Congestive Heart ... Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
form of acute systolic ... normal pregnancy symptoms ... diagnosis: - Dyspnea ... muscle resilience ... , selenium) Differential
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
the lymphatic system ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... anterior/posterior MSK ... , heart (2-5%), ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... the spine) or head ... • Conduction system ... ) arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy ... #rheumatology #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... • Intercostal muscle ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Anticholinergics Systemic ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms