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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
, Pathophysiology ... Afterload • Valvular ... #Pathophysiology ... #cardiology #HFrEF ... #HFpEF #CHF
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential Diagnosis ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... #cardiology #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myopericarditis • Vascular ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... #Causes #Cardiology
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis ... • Presence of vascular ... • Secondary Causes ... Endocrinopathies (Cushing Syndrome ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Manifestations Causes ... Beri: - High output ... AV shunt, renal vascular ... #nutrition #pathophysiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
HF. ... (CI 4.8 L/min/m2 ... Workup for cause ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Refeeding Syndrome ... BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 ... overload -> - CHF ... Constipation - MSK ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
and Pathophysiology ... circulation/High output ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neuropathy (DM ... #differential #diagnosis ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... Cathepsin G release → vascular ... day vs. 2.5 mg/m2 ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF