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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Doppler ultrasound; MRA ... ; abdominal CT, ... test (with 24-h urine ... infusion Adrenal CT ... CT or MRI scan of
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... /MRI) 2. ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... testing, LGE on MRI ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
extent of the nausea ... Clinical #Derm #EM #Radiology ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
, oral cavity) Caused ... ↑ 24-hour urine ... and/or M RI of ... and/or MRI of the ... and/or MRI of the
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... /MRI ($$$$) CORE ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Non-contrast CT ... identify non-calculus causes ... Combination of above MRI ... for non-calculus causes ... stones #calculus #Radiology
Trypanosoma cruzi Reactivation in the Brain- ...Magnetic resonance images of the brain showed a mass measuring
kinetoplasts (masses ... #clinical #NEJM ... reactivation #brain #MRI ... #radiology
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection- Ultrasonographic images showed ventricular dilatation in the fetal brain, and T2-weighted magnetic resonance
the newborn’s urine ... #clinical #NEJM ... #radiology #MRI ... #CT #computed #tomography
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... attributable to acute MI ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... or MRI Minor: ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
Hydatid disease is caused ... #clinical #NEJM ... liver #hepatic #radiology ... #CT #ultrasonography