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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
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... and the diastolic ... - Diastolic Blood ... outcomes in CKD Differential ... #Differential #
Physical Exam - Corrigan's Pulse

While the patient was sitting upright, the right carotid artery was visibly
swelling and rapid diastolic ... of a wide pulse pressure ... fall in arterial pressure ... Corrigans #Pulse #PhysicalExam
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... Hypothyroidism (mainly diastolic ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... lability in blood pressure ... Onset of diastolic ... hypertension (blood pressure ... Workup #causes #Differential
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Waveforms - Differential ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
PND, wide pulse pressure ... another case of diastolic ... highest on my differential ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... capillary hydrostatic pressure ... plasma oncotic pressure ... Peripheral #Edema #differential ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential ... intrathoracic pressure ... and increased RA pressure ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... diagnosis #cardiology #differential
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
, systolic and diastolic ... duration (↑ LA pressure ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential