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Clinical Examination of the Cardiovascular System

#Cardiovascular #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Cardiovascular System ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Sinus Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Autonomic System:
 • Excess Stimulation: Nicotine, Caffeine, Sympathomimetics, Anticholinergics
 • Withdrawal:
Framework Autonomic System ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System
#cardiology #medstudent #CEM
Angiotensin Aldosterone System ... #cardiology #medstudent
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
the sympathetic system ... renin-angiotensin system ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type II

• p waves are normal 
• QRS complexes are usually
the His-Purkinje system ... HeartBlock #Diagnosis #Cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Diagnosis Obesity - Systemic ... ) Cirrhosis - Systemic ... Wet Beriberi - Systemic ... Paget's Disease - Systemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
- Genetic - Systemic ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac Parameters

Central Venous Pressure 

Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 

Cardiac Index 

Stroke Index 

Systemic Vascular
Stroke Index Systemic ... Pressures #Normal #Cardiology
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) Criteria
• Sokolow + Lyon 
 - S V1 + R V5 or
- Point score system ... Hypertrophy #ECG #EKG #Cardiology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
the electrical system ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Cardiology