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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... - Differential ... abuse/ withdrawal Anatomic ... Causes: • Aortic ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... - Differential ... Mechanical • Aortic ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... - Differential ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Heart Failure - Differential ... Uncontrolled Severe Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... #Differential #
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Lateral E/e' <8 • Aortic ... E/e' > 10 • Aortic ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... Axis • PSAX: Aortic ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension ... • Evaluate for causes ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension ... #echocardiogram
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... • Orthostatic Hypotension ... • Mitral/Aortic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes