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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... QRS width ≥ 0.12 sec ... WQRST Causes: • Ventricular ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Telemetry (if ... indications: • Echocardiogram ... • Cardiac stress ... testingCardiac ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... expiration not meeting ... diagnostic criteria ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Diagnosis? ... While getting 12 ... lead ECG, POCUS ... Fibrillation #VFib #S4C
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Diagnosis Summary ... greater than 0.20 sec ... There is "group-beating ... blocks #AVBlock #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Limited laboratory testing ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Ventricular Fibrillation ... SC from first break ... Diagnosis? ... While getting 12 ... lead ECG, POCUS
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... • L: Left Ventricular ... Epsilon #clinical #diagnosis ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #echocardiogram