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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Cardiac Arrest Primary ... ventricular dysplasia Primary ... Channelopathies: Long ... VT* • Acquired long ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... head and neck, pancreas ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
: EGPA, Horton Disease ... , Takayasu Disease ... - Metastatic: Lung ... • Malignant - Primary ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung ... Embolism • Primary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status • Chronic lung ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... • Primarily occurs ... Imaging, high res CT
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Long-standing ... • Renovascular disease ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... or disease) ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... MR) Causes of primary ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Regurgitation #Causes #Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Primary ... or metastatic disease ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome