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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myocardial • Systolic Dysfunction ... • Diastolic Dysfunction ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
combined with various criteria ... negative Reller Criteria ... negative Bouza Criteria ... HSV PCR would cause ... is proposed: #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... with valvular dysfunction ... or LV dysfunction ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Idiopathic LV dysfunction ... exclude other causes ... thrombus, RV systolic dysfunction ... timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management