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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Causes Clinical ... JVP, Prominent X and ... and TR Murmurs ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Starts in legs and ... and arrythmias ... axonal form • MRI ... - Thickening and
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Risk Factors and ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Avoid Warfarin and ... #cardiology #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
posterior occipital and ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... posterior occipital and ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO)

Functional obstruction may be caused by detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia (DSD), either at the level
associated with pain syndromes ... estimated on U/S, CT & MRI ... urethral stricture disease ... Urodynamics, alternative radiologic ... scenario, or when a diagnosis
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
low or normal, and ... Standard treatment ... high-dose fluconazole, and ... maintenance therapy and ... #radiology