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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pericarditis, CAD, HFrEF ... /HFpEF, Intracardiac ... Diagnosis
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arrest ... #management
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for causes ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Sanjiv Shah @HFpEF ... Echocardiography #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... release Diagnosis ... endpoint of all-cause ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... pregnancy, teratogenic GDMT ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis