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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... Nrtaylor101 #Palpitations ... #Causes #Differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... May present as: palpitations ... disease • Cardiomyopathy ... ) Non-Cardiac Causes ... Arrhythmias #Cardiology #Differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... flutter, or atrial ... : • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... #Cardiology #Differential
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Supraventricular/Atrial ... #Nonlschemic #Causes ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Differential
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... the heartbeat • Palpitations ... capture of the atria ... may not occur Differential ... arrhythmia • Atrial
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... Stroke - Differential ... Endocarditis • Dilated cardiomyopathy ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial ... #Diagnosis #causes
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... • Obstructive arterial ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... on Echocardiogram ... Though this case ... #Restrictive #Cardiomyopathy ... #Echocardiogram
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Differential