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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Venous disease (SVC ... /IVC occlusion, ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... portal vein and IVC ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... causes including
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... ... laboratory tests ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Frontal atrophy Vascular ... Differential #Subtypes #Classification
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical ... MVC, cyclist) ... ligaments and possible vascular ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... tests before beginning ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... #typeb #classification
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... activity of factor X, vascular ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... intrapulmonary vascular ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... 10 minutes of rest
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... or dilated) • Valvular ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... and relief of IVC ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... myocarditis • Valvular ... palpitations: PVC
Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Unroofed Coronary Sinus
Bubble study for cryptogenic stroke.  Left arm
→ L superior cardinal ... unroofed CS → R SVC ... rarely absent →Cause ... CoronarySinus #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram