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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... CT or MRI scan of ... • Cushing’s syndrome
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and ... Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Computed Tomography (CT ... Portal Venous Phase and ... Resonance Imaging (MRI ... MRI #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
HOCM) - Diagnosis and ... thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... /MRI) 2. ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
clinical context, and ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... (POCUS) to CT or ... MRI. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Fecal leukocytes and ... imaging with barium, CT ... , or MR enterography ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
prolapse (Marfan syndrome ... , Ehler-Danlos syndrome ... hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... identify non-calculus causes ... Combination of above MRI ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Jaundice - Differential ... • Gilbert's Syndrome ... (l and II) Hepatic ... Dilatation on Ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes