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Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
(A4C) "Frozen ... " tricuspid valve ... #tricuspid #valve ... regurgitation #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... Stenosis • Tricuspid ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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- Diagnosis, Causes ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... - Repiratory disease ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... valve leaflets ... in torrential tricuspid ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Degenerative: Systemic Arterial ... #Causes #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / Arterial ... less compliant arteries ... valve conditions ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... #cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... FLUTTER • HEART ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... less compliant arteries ... valve conditions ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... #causes #cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential Diagnosis ... disease (ie. ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... #Algorithm #causes