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Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
correct answer 2. ... tachycardia 2. ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis ... and Management Diagnosis ... TTE/CT/MRI) 2. ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... #Management #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... Avoid in pts w/ 2° ... - Beta 1 and 2 ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... of reversible causes ... 2. ... Management #VTach #diagnosis ... management #morphology #cardiology
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
Criteria for diagnosis ... ) LV EF <0.45 2) ... or initial Echo diagnosis ... no alternative cause ... #cardiology #obstetrics
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
2. ... What are some causes ... FreeWall #Rupture #cardiology ... complications #acuteMI #diagnosis
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... 3° and Type 1 2° ... °, and Type II 2° ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Cocaine, Interleukin-2 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous ... Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... 2 remote XRT. ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... uncommon - 1 to 2% ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology