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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
based on repeat clinic ... Consider secondary HTN ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... : • Aortic coarctation ... #HTN #Secondary
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Mechanical • Aortic ... Primary #Secondary #HTN ... #Cardiology #Differential
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
sided collapse) #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... LeftSided #Collapse #PHTN
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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unless severe HTN ... unless severe HTN ... severe RUQ pain, renal ... so have high clinical ... #cardiology #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta ... most pts have HTN
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
on POCUS Hypotension ... in diagnosing cardiac ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology ... #s4c
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
CTA showing a real ... Commonly patients are hypertensive ... were looking for CAD ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical ... #cardiology #radiology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
and pulmonary hypertension ... syndrome #1: Pulm HTN ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary ... #cardiology #saline
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... predisposition (TTN ... #management #cardiology