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Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
Normal variant • Hypercalcemia ... fibrillation Clinical ... No prognostic value ... #Differential #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Hypothermia
Classic EKG triad of long QT, ST-depression, and PVCs in Hypokalemia
Worry about hypokalemia; this patient had
Classic EKG triad ... Worry about hypokalemia ... LongQTC #PVCs #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Large Mobile Left Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiogram

Female, 78 yo. HT & DM2. Admitted for severe
Large Mobile Left Atrial ... Transesophageal Echocardiogram ... ECG: AF. ... Mobile #LA #TEE #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram ... STEMI on EKG ... #cardiology #clinical ... #plax #clinical
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
EKG nonspecific, ... Serial trops (- ... Cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... • Prosthetic Valve ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG
HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
current guidelines (eg ... fluid status (hypervolemia ... Enroll in HFpEF clinical ... trial #HFpEF ... Management #Algorithm #cardiology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
-70 y/o • 2/3 Males ... plasmacytoma) Clinical ... red bone marrow, e.g ... SPB - commonly axial ... CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia