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Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... normal prolactin, chaotic ... Prolactinoma • Chest
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... intolerance • Chest ... Immunosuppressants (chronic ... #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... patients with chronic ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... dizziness, syncope, chest ... • Valve disease ... tissue (previous MI ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Systemic disease ... barium, CT, or MR ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis ... #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Rheumatic heart disease ... Age-related changes, chronic ... Direct/indirect chest ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #differential # ... diagnosis #mnemonic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #