π Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
This topic links vascular thrombosis, embolism and pulmonary embolism with acute shortness of breath, right-heart strain, risk stratification and management. Pulmonary hypertension is added here because it is clinically connected to pulmonary vascular resistance and right-sided cardiac burden.
π¬ Pathology
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- Describe the mechanism and pathogenetic mechanisms of vascular thrombosis
β’ Enlist hypercoagulable states
β’ Define embolism
β’ Discuss types of embolism
β’ Describe the etiology, pathogenesis, morphology and clinical features of pulmonary embolism
π©Ί Medicine & Allied Clinical Integration
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β’ Describe the etiology, clinical features and diagnostic workup of pulmonary embolism
β’ Discuss risk stratification and management of pulmonary embolism
β’ Discuss cardiac causes of pulmonary hypertension and outline their management
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