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Causes of Diastolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Early Diastolic:
 • Aortic Regurgitation
 • Pulmonary Regurgitation (Graham-Steell
Causes of Diastolic ... • Severe Aortic ... Flint Murmur) • Atrial ... Diastolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
stenosis Rheumatic ... shortened chordae Severe ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... Thick MV with stenosis ... #differential #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... conditions) • Severe ... Regurgitation • Mitral Stenosis ... • Tricuspid Stenosis ... #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
insufficiency, stenosis ... ) • Severe mitral ... regurgitation • Severe ... dizziness: Possible severe ... heart disease • Severe
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... • Moderate or severe ... mitral stenosis ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
of diastole —> severe ... atrial dilatation ... Though this case ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... echocardiogram #cardiology
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... dysrhythmias (eg, atrial ... • Seek to reverse ... #CriticalCare
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
root, and left atrium ... In this case, the ... patient had severe ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiogenic shock and severe ... Management during ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment