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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Myocardial • Systolic ... Disease • Stable Angina ... Pneumonia • ARDS
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... various maneuvers on systolic ... #Heart #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Diamond-Forrester classification ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology ... #Angina
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... +S4, MR and TR Murmurs ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy, Systemic ... #algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
pulse pressure: systolic ... pressure ratio 0.25), murmur ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Consider cardiac
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
irregular rhythm, new murmur ... exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Unstable Angina ... stratification #diagnosis
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
meddler still hanging ... backflows during systole ... of holosystolic murmurs ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... turns into a cardiac