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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs ... AL) - Kussmaul sign ... - conduction disease ... #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... based solely on symptoms ... structural heart disease ... or signs of heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Landolfi’s Sign on Physical Exam

A 73-year-old man presented with shortness of breath. On ocular exam, pupil
Landolfi’s Sign ... as Landolfi’s sign ... regurgitation, Landolfi’s Sign ... state. ... #Landolfis #Sign
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Altered mental status ... • Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... brain lesion • CNS
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... manifestations Stage ... lymphocytic meningitis, CN ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign ... postirradiation Hodgkin disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for signs ... Estimate volume status ... PH (left heart disease ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... symptoms (headache ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
twitter.com/Hussainch/status ... excludes other differentials ... ’s called Frog sign ... #JVP #Cardiology ... #Neck #Frog #Sign
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant