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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... • Stable Angina ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Interstitium • ILD
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Disease • ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
not represent 'diseases ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
rheumatoid lung disease ... due to alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Correlation #Table ... #ILD #Findings
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... • Pulmonary embolus ... factors + oxidative stress ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
heart failure syndrome ... with restrictive cardiomyopathy ... , massive pulmonary ... common and isolated finding ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... bronchiolitis: ill ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Ischemic heart disease ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
Leigh Syndrome ... History: 19-month-old ... neurodeneration • Imaging findings ... DWI+ in acute disease ... #Clinical #MRI