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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
Acute Myocardial Infarction ... Hypercoagulable States #cardiology ... #Young #cardiology ... #MINOCA #differential ... #diagnosis
Cardiac Masses and Tumors - Differential Diagnosis by Location
Diagram illustrating the distribution and pathologic characteristics of
Tumors - Differential ... Diagnosis by Location ... Diagram illustrating the ... #Diagnosis #Location ... #Cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... tissue (previous MI ... • Fever/infection ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
thickness 215 mm (TTE ... /CT/MRI) 2. ... testing, LGE on MRI ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
one or more of the ... - Suffer cardiac ... CABG Procedure #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Myocardial ... Definitions #NSTEMI #MI
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
Following Myocardial Infarction ... Ineffcient pumping of the ... rupture, Leading to cardiac ... Aneurysm Recurrent MI ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... have an acute cardiac ... infarction, may ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)

• A small positive deflection buried in the terminal QRS complex (Epsilon
related • Dx: Cardiac ... MRI • Rx: Implantable ... cardiac defibrillator ... #EpsilonWave #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology