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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... • Stable Angina ... Acute Coronary Syndrome
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... : Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... • Ischemia • Cardiomyopathy ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... #Differential #
Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
Genetic - Storage diseases ... - Malformation syndromes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Algorithm Benign / Flow ... Rheumatic Heart Disease ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... • Parkinson’s disease ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... tardus (delayed/slow ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #