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Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
scan - 90-100% se and ... • Assess for Pulmonary ... ) • Consider Lung ... karanpdesai #cteph #management ... #algorithm #cardiology
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
of an irregular and ... often nodular branching ... identified in the lung ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... is interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
diagnosis in the nodular ... structures of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... NodularPattern #Nodular
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... suspected - TSH and ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Involves aortic and ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... surgical management
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... with interstitial lung ... Nodular or irregular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT