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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Etiology: • Direct: Clot ... Angiography or Cardiac ... venous origin of CE material ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... #diagnosis #differential
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Thrombosis vs Arterial ... ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS ... Arterial Embolism ... EmbolismCardiac ... : - Atrial thrombus
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential Diagnostic ... pancreatitis) - Arterial ... - Thrombus ... / Embolism: Cardiac ... inflammation → clot
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... • Pulmonary Embolism
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia • Atrial ... • Pulmonary embolism ... • Pericardial ... rupture • Acute mitral
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... risk factors Atrial ... identify left atrial ... test for DM Atrial
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(4) All 4 cardiac ... (5) Layered clot ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Cardiac source ... : Atrial fibrillation ... infarction with mural ... thrombi: Left atrial