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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... : Acute Aortic Dissection ... Aneurysms and Dissection ... Karan Desai MD, MPH
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... • Cardiac surgery ... aneurysm 3. ... Pulse deficit/differential ... #Dissection #diagnosis
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Diagnosis Framework ... Goodpasture's, SLE Cardiac ... regurgitation, Tricuspid endocarditis ... AVM, Thoracic aortic ... aneurysm Misc
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... CA • Involves aortic ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... block, annular or aortic
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
Aortic dissection ... aortic aneurysm ... medically with BP ... The diagnosis can ... #CCTA #clinical
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... #Differential #
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
Diagnosis Thrombosis ... renal artery • Aneurysms ... artery • Dissection ... Embolism • Cardiac ... #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph ... Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... heart disease like aortic ... #diagnosis waves ... This includes long ... #cardiology #differential