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Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH ... 94-100% sp for CTEPH ... Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty ... ) • Consider Lung ... management #algorithm #cardiology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... defects • Confirm diagnosis ... Pulmonary-Artery Angioplasty
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... exercise testing; CTEPH ... bronchopulmonary dysplasia; CLD ... , chronic lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... Pulmonary edema #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... episodes of VT/ICD ... Normal QTc • Long ... Management #VTach #diagnosis ... management #morphology #cardiology
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
III - Chronic lung ... hypoxemia • COPD, ILD ... apnea Group IV - CTEPH ... Classification #diagnosis
More than 100 entities manifest as diffuse lung disease.
Fortunately only about 10 of these account for
of all diffuse lung ... different lists of diagnoses ... 80 - 90% of all diagnoses ... some of them the old ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential Diagnosis ... Acquired (e.g., iHD ... Vasodilation Lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... and drug-related lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
present as multiple ill-defined ... can suggest the diagnosis ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology