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Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... /MR, mitral valve ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... ; MR, mitral regurgitation ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
examples of the cause ... of acute mitral regurgitation ... #MR #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Acute # ... Differential #Cardiology
Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction
MR: mitral regurgitation, MI: myocardial infarction

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Timeline #PostMI #Complications #Myocardial
myocardial infarction MR ... : mitral regurgitation ... infarction #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Timeline ... Mechanical #Rupture #Table
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... : Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
(MR) Causes of ... MR occurs because ... - Ischemic MR ... #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #Differential # ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Stenosis • Regurgitation
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... failure, acute MI ... findings based on cause ... #Diagnosis #table