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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
- Diagnosis and ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Diagnosis #Stages ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... presentation • Cardiac-specific ... , Infiltrative cardiomyopathy ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for ... other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... in relation to ECG ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #cardiology #Angina
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... associated with sudden cardiac ... #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... artery disease • Cardiomyopathy ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Type A Aortic Dissection on Cardiac MRI

An unexpected finding... Resonance for evaluation and differential diagnosis of
Dissection on Cardiac ... Resonance for evaluation ... and differential diagnosis ... of dilated cardiomyopathy ... CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology