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Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
of the coronary arteries ... death with symptoms ... Revascularization Procedure - 4a ... CABG Procedure #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Myocardial
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and ... Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #definition #differential
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
Transposition of Great Arteries ... - Oval Shaped Cardiac ... vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... CXR #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... Clinical Presentation ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Cardiology #Staging
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • Clinical ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... #cardiology #MRI
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
(GCA) definition ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
relying heavily on clinical ... If the same symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Myocardial ... #Type1 #Type2 #Definition ... #NSTEMI #Comparison
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... #Causes #differential