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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Respiratory: • Pulmonary ... • Migraine Cardiac ... #Syncope #Cardiology ... #causes
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) on Contrast Echocardiogram

Contrast echo, see outside the cardiac borders.
This was a case
Pulmonary Arteriovenous ... see outside the cardiac ... This was a case ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... + respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... lack of acute cardiac ... Acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... + respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome