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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
• Heavy-chain (AH ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... • Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... typing Cardiac
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
presentation • Cardiac-specific ... , Infiltrative cardiomyopathy ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... chain levels 3) Amyloid ... Amyloidosis #Diagnosis #cardiology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... HTN, Cerebral Amyloid ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Metastatic Myeloid Sarcoma on Cardiac MRI

Ping pong with the tricuspid valve.

Myeloid sarcoma, metastatic from pancreatic origin!
Metastatic Myeloid ... Sarcoma on Cardiac ... Myeloid sarcoma, ... Sarcoma #Metastatic #Myeloid ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... DrJayMohan #Cardiac ... Maneuvers #Heart #Cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... chest discomfort Cardiac ... disease • Cardiomyopathy ... previous MI) Non-Cardiac ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Cardiac Amyloidosis Management
The liver produces transthyretin tetramers, which dissociate into monomers and mis-fold, then aggregate into
Cardiac Amyloidosis ... aggregate into amyloid ... and deposit into cardiac ... Cardiac amyloidosis ... to restrictive cardiomyopathy
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm