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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Estimating Left ... Ventricular Filling Pressure ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... Hypothyroidism (mainly diastolic ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Ambulatory blood pressure ... monitor, Self/Home pressure ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Classification

Elevation in blood pressure >140 mmHg systolic, or >90 mmHg diastolic.

1) Chronic
Hypertension in ... Elevation in blood pressure ... systolic, or >90 mmHg diastolic ... . 1) Chronic hypertension ... : hypertension which
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Onset of diastolic ... (blood pressure ... (blood pressure ... Workup #causes #Differential
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension ... - Differential ... Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ... • Systolic • Diastolic ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN #Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... and the diastolic ... - Diastolic Blood ... PP and systolic hypertension ... #Differential #
Diagnostic Criteria for Preeclampsia and Severe Preclampsia (in Red)

> 140 mm Hg systolic or >90 mm
systolic or >90 mm Hg diastolic ... previously normal blood pressure ... or > 110 mm Hg diastolic ... , hypertension can
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Heart Failure - Differential ... Disease (Preserved Diastolic ... Uncontrolled Severe Hypertension ... Severe) Impaired Diastolic ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Differential
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Control blood pressure ... Central aortic blood pressure ... causing systemic hypertension ... , pulmonary hypertension ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Diastolic