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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Testing and Evaluation ... , Telemetry, Cardiac ... enzymes, Head CT ... Effectiveness #table #comparison
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Lesions on Various Imaging ... Computed Tomography (CT ... #MRI #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
food diary and trial ... gap > 125mOsm/kg ... , Consider CT A/ ... colonoscopy), Abdominal imaging ... (CT, ultrasound
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... precordial leads) - atrial ... #Staging
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... , Vascular imaging ... • Provoked (e.g ... Workup #hematology #diagnosis
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
indications: • Echocardiogram ... • Head CT • Carotid ... • Cardiac stress ... testingCardiac ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Definition and Diagnostic ... depression on ECG ... inflammation by an imaging ... technique (CT. ... #criteria #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Testing: • EKG ... • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial ... imaging of liver