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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease ... Angina • Acute Coronary ... Syndrome* Arrhythmia ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
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 ... Constriction #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
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Cardiac: • CHF ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... failure • Renal artery ... • Serotonin syndrome
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Antisynthetase Syndrome ... Myopathy #Comparison #Managment ... #algorithm #Rheumatology ... #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, myocarditis, coronary ... myocardial infarction, coronary ... Behcet disease) Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... Edema: • DVT • CHF ... Extremity Edema: • CHF ... right common iliac artery ... Peripheral #Edema #differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Coronary angiography ... (or coronary computed ... obstructive epicardial coronary ... artery disease ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... Phlebotomy - MH/CCF ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome ... #Causes #Differential ... Diagnosis #Treatment #Management
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology ... #differential