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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart Failure ... - Differential ... Left-Sided Heart Failure ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / Arterial ... less compliant arteries ... High output heart failure ... Trauma • Heart Failure ... #cardiology
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Echocardiographic Evaluation ... • Evaluate for causes ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... DISEASE • HEART FAILURE ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... less compliant arteries ... High output heart failure ... - Chronic pulmonary ... #cardiology
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
to Pulmonary Arterial ... Pulmonary arterial ... This case illustrates ... #Pulmonary #Arterial ... #clinical #cardiology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... salicylates) R Renal failure ... /Chronic renal failure ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
with a normal echocardiogram ... pivotal in this case ... "just another case ... diastolic heart failure ... highest on my differential
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C Rare case ... with acute resp failure ... and pulmonary edema ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Congestive heart failure ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #