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Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal PT ... Prothrombin Time (PT ... typically prolong PT ... Prolonged PT and ... #Abnormal #PT
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
for a Prolonged PT ... and aPTT If the PT ... , FVII, FIX, FX ... , FVII, FIX, FX) ... #Abnormal #PT
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
Prothrombin Time (PT ... Prothrombin Time (PT ... warfarin) • Factor VII ... thematttsai #PT
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Pt had mitral valve ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
The coagulation cascade is shown, separated into different phases with their endogenous and pharmacological inhibitors shown.
complexes with FVIIa ... TF-FVIIa also activates ... thrombin #clot #PT
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
== NORMAL PT ... level NORMAL PT ... If the PT remains ... evaluation of factor VII ... Inherited: • Factor VII
Taktosubo MIMIC on Echocardiogram A4C

ECG with anterolateral T wave inversions. Acute 99% LAD lesion + 70%
Echocardiogram A4C ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... LAD #occlusion #clinical
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) with Shunting on Echocardiogram with Contrast (a4c)

An elderly patient with dyspnea -
with Contrast (a4c ... Echocardiogram #Contrast #a4c ... #clinical #pocus
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
12-13 g/dL, • ANC ... iron studies, PT
Ventricular Fibrillation on Echocardiogram (A4C)
Rare glimpse of echocardiogram just at the onset of VF, no organized
Echocardiogram (A4C ... #Fibrillation #clinical ... Echocardiogram #A4C