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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... stenosis Rheumatic heart ... - Most common cause ... attached to one head ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... heart failure - ... arrhythmias #Acute #Heart ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Abscess: • Head ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
and Esophageal Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Extrinsic compression: Head ... enlarged aorta/heart ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... Failure - Causes ... and Differential Diagnosis ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
The Aetiology of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) in the Structurally Normal Heart and in Structural Heart Disease
Structurally Normal Heart ... in Structural Heart ... Classification #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... , Causes, Presentations ... Causes (PIRATES ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Environmental:
 • Immersion
 • Non-lmmersion
Body Heat Loss:
 • Drugs/ Toxins
Causes of Hypothermia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Non-lmmersion Body Heat ... Lack of Body Heat ... #Algorithm #causes
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
rapidly fatal • Causes ... Ecstasy, atropine; Heat ... Identify underlying cause ... for evaporative heat ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis
Causes of Nail Clubbing - Mnemonic 
Cyanotic Heart Disease, Cystic Fibrosis
Lung Cancer, Lung abscess 
Ulcerative Colitis
Causes of Nail Clubbing ... Mnemonic Cyanotic Heart ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis