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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Left-Sided Heart ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
in Right Atrium ... ASD or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... #Right #Atrium ... #pocus #bubble
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
failure, and death. 2. ... Subepicardial atrial ... injury from pericardial ... : AVNRT, AVRT, atrial ... cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... - Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... In this case, the ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Microbubbles appear in left ... heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
palpable purpura 2/ ... 2 vasculitis, ulcers ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Goodpasture's cause
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... to bolus these values ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... Neoplasia/Warburg effect
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic emboli cause ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #Diagnosis #cardiology