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Murmurs Needing Echocardiography Evaluation #Management #EM #IM #Cardiology #Murmur #Benign #Characteristics #Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Murmurs Needing ... Echocardiography Evaluation #Management ... IM #Cardiology #Murmur
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
crescendo-decrescendo murmur ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Diagnosis and Acute Management ... New diastolic murmur ... can be normal) Management ... Dissection #Diagnosis #Management
Characteristics that are more likely to be associated with an innocent murmur include a systolic (rather
with an innocent murmur ... than diastolic) murmur ... position); and murmurs ... is a Still murmur ... #pediatrics #murmurs
Causes of Diastolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Early Diastolic:
 • Aortic Regurgitation
 • Pulmonary Regurgitation (Graham-Steell
Causes of Diastolic Murmurs ... (Graham-Steell Murmur ... (Austin Flint Murmur ... #Diastolic #Murmurs
Cardiac Auscultation Maneuvers for Murmurs
Maneuvers result in INCREASED murmur:
 • Inspiration - Right-sided
 • Valsalva -
Maneuvers for Murmurs ... result in INCREASED murmur ... result in INCREASED murmur ... Auscultation #Maneuvers #Murmurs
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... cocaine - PEX: New murmur ... ChestPain #Diagnosis #Management
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
BP • New AR murmur ... Dissection #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... • “Mill wheel” murmur ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Heart Sounds
#Heart Murmurs #Heart Sounds #Algorithm #Heart #Murmurs #cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Sounds #Heart Murmurs ... Algorithm #Heart #Murmurs