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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
who can exercise should ... 85% of predicted value ... Bradycardia & hypotension ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Adrenal Mass - Differential ... on TI Weighted MRI ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Dexamethasone Suppression Test ... Aldosterone Excess Hypertension
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Triage EKG (no prior ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Pulmonary Embolism on ECG 

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Triage EKG (no prior ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... hypertension (> ... #clinical #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... Liver function tests ... hypertension Rx ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... when evaluation should ... previously stable values ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Workup #causes #Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
And Proteinuria (e.g ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... diagnosis so have high clinical ... htn #obstetrics #cardiology ... #differential #
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
initially include hypotension ... myocarditis, etc), Valves ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... Shock #diagnosis #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... Vascular narrowing on MRA ... Reversible course Differential ... count in the CSF should ... • EEG: With persistent