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Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... Pathologic: • Valvular disorders ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Arteriovenous fistula ... #cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Arteriovenous Fistula ... Acquired (e.g., iHD ... Myeloproliferative Disorders ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... present) • Pulmonary ... • Somatoform Disorder ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • METABOLIC DISORDER ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... #Palpitations #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
: • Valvular disorders ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Arteriovenous fistula ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... #cardiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
heterogenous group of disorders ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Intestinal-Venous Fistula on Echocardiogram (a4c) and IVC Ultrasound

"fart in the heart"

Katherine Collins MSc FBSE @The_Echo_Nerd

#Intestinal #Venous
Intestinal-Venous Fistula ... Katherine Collins MSc ... Intestinal #Venous #Fistula ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #ivc
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Therefore, conditions caused ... granulomatous disorders ... apices caused by ... Inhaled injurious gases ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
RV Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram in a patient with Pulmonary Embolism

It's a little fuzzy but if
RV Thrombus on POCUS ... a patient with Pulmonary ... you'll see the cause ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... • Congenital disorders ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI