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CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - Differential ... • Pericardial Constriction ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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No constriction! ... DDx includes constriction ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive ... blue marks on her chest ... Causes = RV failure ... restrictive CM, constrictive ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung bases ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... apex and the lung bases ... In these cases comparison ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... lung disease or CHF ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Around the Heart on Chest ... associated w/ constrictive ... Calcifications #Heart #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #radiology ... #cardiology #clinical
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Tamponade* • Constriction ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... associated with constrictive ... physicalexam #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential # ... causes