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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Heart ... • Prolapse • Dilated ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Maneuvers An algorithm ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... ; MR, mitral regurgitation ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Disease, Cancer-Related ... #differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Myocardial infarction, Dilated ... cardiomyopathy, ... cardiomyopathy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dilated Cardiomyopathies ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... from dilated LA ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... beats: • Left heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... collapse: • Aortic regurgitation ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
pneumonitis - Cardiomyopathy ... disease of: - Heart ... #differential # ... diagnosis #oncology ... #cancer #malignancy
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
myocytes to fulminant Heart ... QT Syndrome • Dilated ... imbalance • Cancer ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential #
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Tricuspid Regurgitation ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm