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Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... circulation/High output ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Blunt Abdominal ... #causes #cardiology
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis ... Secretagogues after ... • Presence of vascular ... Hypertension, Overweight, Abdominal ... Endocrinopathies (Cushing Syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
diplopia) • Vascular ... infarction, coronary artery ... aneurysms Diagnosis ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
is identified (video ... to confirm high-output ... highest on my differential ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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PULMONARY VASCULAR ... SYSTEMIC VASCULAR ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... pulse deficits vascular ... Superficial temporal artery ... disturbance • Temp. artery ... gut involvement, abdominal
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... bullous or vesicular ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Superficial temporal artery ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Outer Ear: ... (Labyrinthine artery ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Differential Diagnosis ... failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... insult due to vascular ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
after) the J point ... • De Winter syndrome ... Equivalents #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram