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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... , Symptoms and Management ... macroglossia (AL ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... #differential #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - EKG Characteristics
Typical EKG findings may include:
 • Deep and narrow Q waves
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... in the lateral and ... leads • General signs ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy ... #clinical #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... TR, RV infarct, and ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
Kussmaul's Sign ... with restrictive cardiomyopathy ... patients after cardiac ... Video #Clinical #JVP ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Typically the JVP ... with inspiration as ... or increase in JVP ... include restrictive cardiomyopathy ... physicalexam #diagnosis #cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... DrJayMohan #Cardiac ... Maneuvers #Heart #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
- Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... SVT #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
heart sounds, JVD ... and hypotension ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... fall of mean #JVP ... Constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... failure, right sided cardiac ... PhysicalExam #clinical #cardiology