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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... Management #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology #Staging
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 ... Bone/Joint: • Amyloid ... (AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY ... typing Cardiac
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... #differential #cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #Symptoms ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Metastatic Myeloid Sarcoma on Cardiac MRI

Ping pong with the tricuspid valve.

Myeloid sarcoma, metastatic from pancreatic origin!
Metastatic Myeloid ... Sarcoma on Cardiac ... and causing HF symptoms ... #CardiacMRI #Radiology ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
presentation • Cardiac-specific ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... detection • For cardiac-specific ... chain levels 3) Amyloid ... Amyloidosis #Diagnosis #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Cardiac Event Monitoring ... needs to keep symptom ... needs to keep symptom ... NUIM_Chiefs #Cardiac ... Devices #Comparison #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Prevention - Prevent Symptoms ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology