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Amyloidosis Types - Comparison Table
Proteins depositing where they shouldn't
 • AL
 • TTR
 • AA

Julia Gips,
Amyloidosis Types ... AL • TTR • AA ... juliagips15 #Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Secondary amyloid A (AA ... and AL Cardiac ... light chain AA ... IL-1 & IL-6 → AA ... Amyloid typing Cardiac
Echo Parameters for Differential Diagnosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis
GLS
GCS
GRS
EFSR
RELAPS
SAB

#Echocardiogram #Parameters #echocardiography #Cardiac #Amyloidosis #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis in Cardiac ... Amyloidosis GLS ... echocardiography #Cardiac ... #Amyloidosis #diagnosis
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Right-to-Left Shunt: Cardiac ... Algorithm #pulmonary #Aa
Cardiac Amyloidosis

Huge Atria, Thick LV and IntraAtrial Septum with Apical Sparing

- Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD
@onco_cardiology

#Amyloidosis #Echocardiogram #POCUS
Cardiac Amyloidosis ... onco_cardiology #Amyloidosis ... Clinical #Cardiology #Cardiac
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... presentation • Cardiac-specific ... signs of amyloidosis ... Noncardiac signs of amyloidosis ... detection • For cardiac-specific
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... cardionerds #Amyloidosis ... #Cardiac #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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failure - Cancer: Amyloidosis ... syndrome in APL - Cardiac ... heart failure, cardiac
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Hyper-Enhancement: Amyloidosis ... sclerosis, post-cardiac
Muddy Brown Sclera: Brownish discoloration of sclera occasionally seen in African Americans. 
It is a variant
Muddy Brown Sclera ... MuddyBrown #Sclera #AA