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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Benign ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... #Algorithm #causes
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
, Hypertension, ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... Differential/diagnosis ... Pulmonary embolism ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Differential diagnosis ... * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Hypertension ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary hypertension results in compensatory changes to the RV. The RV appears
Severe Pulmonary ... Hypertension on ... rectangular (from A4C ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Hypertension ... hypertension! ... sided collapse) #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) on Echocardiogram

55 year old female.  Amazing how the body adapts
Idiopathic Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... #IPAH #clinical ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c #pocus
HOCM on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

85 yo s/p syncope. Here is the POCUS showing significant septal hypertrophy!
(A4C) 85 yo s/ ... admission, he was diagnosed ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... • Pulmonary embolus ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... #cardiology #treatment