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Pacemaker Complications
 • Implantation-Related: Pocket hematoma, Infection (pocket), Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Lead dislodgement, Cardiac perforation / tamponade
• Implantation-Related ... dislodgement, Cardiac ... very rare) • Delayed ... complications #cardiology ... #management
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... heart disease: CAD ... , Familial dilated ... #Arrest #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Disease, Cancer-Related ... Idiopathic (i.e., Drug-Related ... #differential #cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Pulsus tardus (delayed ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
angiotensin-receptor blocker; CAD ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... HRQOL, health-related ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... already maximally dilated ... treat the primary cause ... with already dilated ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... already maximally dilated ... treat the primary cause ... with already dilated ... #diagnosis #management
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
syncope, can be caused ... characteristically cause ... associated with sudden cardiac ... , particularly delayed ... ECG #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ., familial or dilated ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
amyloidosis • Dialysis-related ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... • Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... Amyloid typing Cardiac