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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Valvuoplasty • Aorta ... : Acute Aortic Dissection ... Dysfunction Chronic - Aorta ... Aneurysms and Dissection ... Degenerative: Systemic
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... , spondylosis Systemic ... • Vascular - abdominal ... aortic aneurysm
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... (<72 hours) - Differential ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... aortic aneurysm
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... - Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #ABDOMEN #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Abnormalities - Differential ... aneurysm • Aortic ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... aortic aneurysms ... • Acute intermittent ... #Differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... aneurysm • Medium
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #cardiology
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... metastatic disease Systemic ... Referred Pain: • Aorta ... : Dissection, Aneurysm ... #Diagnosis #causes
5 T’s Mnemonic for Causes of an Anterior Mediastinal Mass Differential Diagnosis

Thymus - Thymoma, Thymic Carcinoma.
s Mnemonic for Causes ... Mediastinal Mass Differential ... Cancer Thoracic Aorta ... - Aortic Aneurysm ... #Diagnosis #Radiology