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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Injury • Trauma ... - Neurologic/ ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... Rheumatic Fever • Trauma ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Blunt Abdominal Trauma ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... #cardiology
BATS Mnemonic for Causes of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)

B - Berry Aneurysm
A - AVM / ADPKD
T -
BATS Mnemonic for Causes ... AVM / ADPKD T - Trauma ... Subarachnoid #Hemorrhage #Neurology ... #Radiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Differential Diagnosis ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Causes of Myoclonus ... , post stroke, trauma ... • Sub-acute: OMS ... hepatic, septic, pulmonary ... #Causes #neurology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
years - No further diagnostic ... and depression management ... recommended #ChestPain ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology ... #management