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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Pericardial Constriction ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Hypovolemic shock • Constrictive ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Benign ... • Rheumatic Heart ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... inability of the right heart ... , restrictive cardiomyopathy ... of right-sided HF ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Tamponade* • Constriction ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm May ... disease • Cardiomyopathy ... Anemia • Fever ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology