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Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... With Doppler Echocardiography ... mitral inflow pattern ... #Echocardiography ... #Grading #Classification
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm True ... Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
diastolic filling patterns ... moderate diastolic dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Grading #Classification ... Grades #Criteria #Table
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unilateral ... • Metabolic Causes ... : Thyroid Dysfunction ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Artery Disease • Stable ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
is required for diagnosis ... blood cultures • Echocardiographic ... in up to 30% of cases ... ) • Echocardiographic ... #table
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
values for Doppler-echocardiographic ... >50 mmHg (2) (Table ... A common pattern ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
Stenosis Grading on echocardiography ... can be found in table ... and are usually caused ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal tubular dysfunction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Diastolic dysfunction ... and obstructive pattern ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes