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CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - Differential ... Regurgitation Coronary ... Artery Disease ... Myocardial Ischemia Chronic
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease ... Angina • Acute Coronary ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
development of HF ... blocker; CAD, coronary ... artery disease; ... #CHF #Congestive ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
pressure: systolic blood ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... Coronary angiography ... artery disease ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Cardiac: • CHF ... Acute GN • Acute/Chronic ... failure • Renal artery ... encephalopathy #altered #Differential
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease - Differential ... Atheroemboli • Renal artery ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... yield a diagnosis after ... the patient • Blood ... poisoning • Celiac artery ... #Causes #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, myocarditis, coronary ... artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Recurrent and chronic ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... syndrome, Congestion/CHF ... disease • Hepatic artery ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... intestines, white blood
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Hypertensive emergency, Blood ... Reversible course Differential ... the brain • CSF ... elevated white blood ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management