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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... Management Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Stages ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
• Heavy-chain (AH ... Clinical suspicion ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... due to DNR CC status ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
chest leads Cardiac ... www.grepmed.com/images ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... #differential #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
good enough at diagnosing ... This is why Echo saves ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... twitter.com/RJonesSonoEM/status ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound
Metastatic Myeloid Sarcoma on Cardiac MRI

Ping pong with the tricuspid valve.

Myeloid sarcoma, metastatic from pancreatic origin!
Metastatic Myeloid ... Sarcoma on Cardiac ... pancreatic mass diagnosis ... #CardiacMRI #Radiology ... #Cardiology #Clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... altered mental status ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology