22 results
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... Primary Myocardial ... ventricular dysplasia Primary ... #Arrest #cardiology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Reactive • Primary ... : • Post-cardiac ... #Causes #Cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Primary and Secondary ... Primary (Essential ... Mineralocorticoid excess (primary ... #Hypertension #Primary ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... Lung - Renal Primary ... Histiocytoma #Primary ... #Orthopedics #Causes ... #Oncology #Radiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
ejection fraction, treatment ... incidence of the primary ... cardiovascular causes ... , aborted cardiac ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... Embolism • Primary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Sarcoidosis, Primary ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Secondary to invasive cardiac ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... • AVM, HHT • Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Trial - Management Algorithm ... patient that you primarily ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #EBM
Cardiac Masses - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Myxoma
 • Papillary Fibroelastoma
 • Rhabdomyoma
 • Fibroma
 •
Cardiac Masses - ... common benign primary ... common malignant primary ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #radiology #tumor