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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
, ↑↑peripheral edema ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation Syndrome ... , Muscular Weakness ... Edema, Atelectasis ... UnremarkableLab #AA ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... HF • Moderate pulmonary ... failure - Dilated cardiomyopathy ... - Peripheral edema ... AV shunt, renal vascular
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... or dilated) • Valvular ... • Pulmonary embolus ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... myocarditis • Valvular ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Relaxin: reduces vascular ... , selenium) Differential ... edema in the absence ... • Pulmonary edema ... #Cardiology #OBGyn