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Deep Vein Thrombosis Ultrasound Pocket Card
Deep Vein Thrombosis Scanning Sites:
 • Common Femoral Vein 
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Augmentation with Color Doppler ... Lymph Node • Pseudoaneurysms ... diagnosis #Ultrasound #radiology
Chagas Disease with Pseudoaneurysm on Cardiac MRI
This is a recent case from a South American patient
Chagas Disease with ... Pseudoaneurysm ... kirschj #Chagas #Disease ... #Pseudoaneurysm ... #cardiology
Post-infarct pseudoaneurysm (IMHO) in cardiac CT with corresponding angiogram (severe 3 vessel disease).
As usual, aneurysm<=>pseudoaneurysm not
Post-infarct pseudoaneurysm ... severe 3 vessel disease ... usual, aneurysm<=>pseudoaneurysm ... CCTA #CardiacCTA #cardiology ... #clinical #radiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... Vasodilation Paget's Disease ... Vasodilation Lung Disease ... HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
blood) • Color Doppler ... infarct) • Color Doppler ... Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm ... color and spectral doppler ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology
Risk factors for atherosclerosis

Modifiable risk factors:
 - Dyslipidemia (elevated LDL, decreased HDL)
 - Tobacco smoking
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coronary artery disease ... for females) #Pathophysiology ... #Cardiology #Atherosclerosis
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Fibrillation Heart disease ... Coronary artery disease ... Valvular heart disease ... Fibrillation #AFib #Cardiology ... #Pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... coronary heart disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Borrelia (Lyme disease ... Leptospira (Weil disease ... rheumatic heart disease ... Heavy metals - Copper ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
pulmonary embolism Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis • TTE with Doppler ... have inoperable disease