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Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
, myocarditis (CHF ... or symptoms - ... meningoencephalitis, brain ... #Reactivation #Diagnosis ... #Table
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
) Summary Symptoms ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... patients with chronic ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... India ink prep CSF ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... fever • Septic shock
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... related to the pulmonary ... the chest film (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... of prior silent pulmonary ... organism (soap bubble sign ... w/ subacute-to-chronic ... meningitis #T2 #MRI #Brain