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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pulmonary Arterial ... Hypertension Intracardiac ... Defect ** • Atrial
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left ... Atrial Myxoma on ... Final diagnosis ... #Degenerated #Atrial ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... • ElA ratio << 1 ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis ... cardiology #pulmonary #arterial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary arterial ... lung disease, left ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... of ventricular septum
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
1. ... Pulmonary arterial ... Idiopathic pulmonary arterial ... due to left heart ... #Differential #
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Oxygenation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Maternal Arterial ... Blood Flow: • Hypotension ... Vasculopathy (SLE, Type 1
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
and pulmonary hypertension ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... #clinical #pocus
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
- Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... ASD or PFO with left ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... No evidence of left ... atrial hypertension ... #diagnosis #NCPE
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: 1. ... • Orthostatic hypotension ... activation → IL-1 ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial