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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Rheumatic Heart ... #Systolic #Murmurs ... #Cardiology #Differential
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... ; AS, aortic stenosis ... #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
: Heart Murmur ... • Radiates aortic ... #Heart #Murmur ... #Cardiac #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #HOCM
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... , MR and TR Murmurs ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... disorders: - Aortic ... - Aortic sclerosis ... Differential Diagnoses ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Peripheral Signs of Aortic Regurgitation

Corrigan sign	Prominent carotid and supraclavicular pulsations
Alfred de Musset sign	Head nodding with heart
Peripheral Signs of Aortic ... Regurgitation ... diastolic murmur ... Insufficiency #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
valve with severe regurgitation ... Thickening, retraction and ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... • New cardiac murmur ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Valvular heart ... angiogenic factors + oxidative ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... #cardiology #treatment
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
disease (e.g., aortic ... Severe mitral regurgitation ... • Severe aortic ... regurgitation ... #Palpitations #Cardiology