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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Echocardiogram - PLAX ... Elderly male with hypertension ... the descending aorta ... #Aortic #Dissection
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension ... Regurgitation #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... • Nephritic syndrome ... Anatomic Causes: • Aortic ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension ... Management Algorithm ... Ischemic Stoke* • Aortic ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Management #Algorithm
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Mechanical • Aortic ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Framework for Hypotension ... • Sick sinus syndrome ... regurgitation • Aortic ... regurgitation • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... • Trauma - Neurologic
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... • Orthostatic Hypotension ... • Mitral/Aortic ... • Blood Loss/Hypotension ... • Sick Sinus Syndrome
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bowel Bleeding - Differential ... and/or portal hypertensive ... , Inherited syndromes ... , Hematobilia, Aorto-enteric ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Secondary causes of Hypertension ... Coarctation of Aorta ... , Geller syndrome ... Secondary #causes #Hypertension ... #differential #