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Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Chronic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... : • Cystic fibrosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
apices caused by ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... lung #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
fibroblasts → fibrosis ... renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... lack of appetite, weight ... Pulmonary: dyspnea
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
The most common cause ... patients with chronic ... COPD and cystic fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Intolerance, ↑ "Right ... Endomyocardial Fibrosis ... #Causes #differential
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... month history of chronic ... dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... diagnosis of Hypersensitivity ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... sweats, weight ... Disease: Clinical ... • Fever and weight ... NTM #Infections #differential