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Cardiac Transplant Complications Timeline
First 30 days: Primary Graft failure
6 mo-1 year: Opportunistic infections
1-5 years: Acute allograft
Cardiac Transplant ... Complications Timeline ... infections 1-5 years: Acute ... BrighamMedRes #Cardiac ... Heart #allograft #cardiology
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Acute onset of skin ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... -> Circulatory collapse ... seizures) - Cardiac ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology
Events Resulting from Acute Insulin Deficiency in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

If left untreated, insulin deficiency may
Resulting from Acute ... Insulin Deficiency ... lead to several complications ... Diabetes #Mellitus #Pathophysiology ... #Insulin #Deficiency
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
Complications Following ... Can be acute or ... rupture, Leading to cardiac ... Pericarditis #Complications ... Infarction #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... to myosin and cardiac ... , Carditis #Acute ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #complications
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... followed by rapid collapse ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Secondary to invasive cardiac ... carcinomas) • Complications ... of acute myocardial ... CAUSES • PRIMARY Cardiac ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
flow, increasing cardiac ... Encephalopathy - Acute ... Findings: • Acute ... Decreased GFR • Acute ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
severe clinical complications ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... thiamine) Late: • Cardiac ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... • Severe iron deficiency ... • Sepsis Complications ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... #causes #cardiology