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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Causes Clinical ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #diagnosis #management
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Ankylosing spondylitis, IBD ... Clinical suspicion ... cardiomyopathy ... cardiomyopathy ... enlargement • MRI
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... axonal form • MRI ... #management #treatment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... exitotoxic and a destructive ... - Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... #management