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Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Secondary Causes ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #HTN #Cardiology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... - Differential ... 3+) Consider secondary ... #HTN #Secondary ... #Nephrology #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy
(a) Primary cardiomyopathies 
 - Genetic 
 - Mixed (genetic/acquired)
Causes of Cardiomyopathy ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Cardiomyopathy ... #Differential # ... Causes
Causes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy DCMP - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic DCMP: Viral, Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, Genetic causes, Unknown
Cardiomyopathy ... DCMP - Differential ... Sporadic Other secondary ... #DCMP #Differential ... #cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... : Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... (Yamaguchi syndrome ... Secondary T wave ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Secondary causes ... of Hypertension ... @kdjhaveri #Secondary ... #causes #Hypertension ... #differential #
Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... - Malformation syndromes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential ... the existence of hypertension ... suggests either secondary ... Hyperaldosteronism • Secondary ... #hypokalemia #differential
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes