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Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Papillary Muscle Dysfunction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... Determine the age ... pressure (LVFP): #Algorithm ... Cardiology #Diagnosis #Grading
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diastolic Dysfunction ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #Causes
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... In up to 1/4 of cases ... of stress cardiomyopathy ... also involves the ... BrokenHeart #Syndrome #Echocardiogram
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram ... great to witness the ... biventricular dysfunction ... Case Resolution: ... plax #psax #a4c #Echocardiogram
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Amyloid, Wild Type TTR ... , Senile TTR), ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... 0.45 2) Meets the ... diagnosis of LV dysfunction ... no alternative cause ... PPCM #Peripartum #Cardiomyopathy
Dysgeusia Causes - Principal Categories of Gustatory Dysfunction
A large number of medications have been implicated in
Dysgeusia Causes ... implicated in smell and taste ... onset of smell or taste ... loss of taste and ... is most likely caused
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... Idiopathic LV dysfunction ... exclude other causes ... • Pre-existing cardiomyopathy ... thrombus, RV systolic dysfunction
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
echocardiography is generally the ... HFpEF.4, 8, 23-25 The ... predictive of all‐cause ... Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #RVDysfunction