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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Syndrome* Arrhythmia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluation of Pulmonary ... for pericardial effusion ... • Evaluate for causes ... Echocardiography #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... Goodpasture's cause
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
association with coronary ... : • Acute Coronary ... Syndrome • Blunt ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... perfusion. ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Sotalol • Propofol infusion ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram

Crazy POCUS of an untreated VSD with with pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome,
VSD with with pulmonary ... hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome ... and pericardial effusion ... SeptalDefect #Untreated #Cardiology ... #Clinical #PLAX
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
status and low urine ... with presence of pulmonary ... cath if acute coronary ... syndrome is the ... determined cause
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... excretion (e.g., urine ... laboratory or diagnostic ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome