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Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Shock can be caused ... dysfunction or obstruction ... The cause of shock ... is often clinically ... #Differential #
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... mechanical flow obstruction ... Heart #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Hepatic Masses on CT - Differential Diagnosis by CT Findings

Masses: Hemangioma, Adenoma, FNH, HCC, Fibrolamellar HCC,
Hepatic Masses on ... CT - Differential ... Diagnosis by CT ... #CT #CTA #differential ... liver #hepatology #radiology
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
What is the cause ... and below the umbilicus ... AWAY from the umbilicus ... CT imaging showed ... abdominal #veins #Clinical
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... of Cardiogenic Shock ... #Cardiogenic #Shock ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
primer on the causes ... Obstructive: • ... Hypercoagulable States #cardiology ... MyocardialInfarction #Young #cardiology ... #MINOCA #differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Abnormalities - Differential ... Unequal/DeIayed: • Obstructive ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... - Spasm - Obstruction ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... #Cardiology
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
seen in bronchial obstruction ... caused by an obstructing ... In this case there ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Non-contrast CT ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes ... lower dose than a CT-based ... stones #calculus #Radiology