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Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
electrocardiogram (ECG ... interval resets and ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #MobitzI #
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
electrocardiogram (ECG ... interval resets and ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #MobitzI #
Mobitz II heart block is characterized on a surface ECG by intermittently nonconducted P waves not
characterized on a surface ECG ... PR prolongation and ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #MobitzII
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, ... Serial trops (-) EM ... #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
: Pathogenesis and ... clinical findings ... region spans 5 cm ... to the femur ( e.g ... orthopedics #diagnosis #differential
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
(consider AS, HOCM ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... epsilon wave, a feature ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... #Cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
and ECG with sinus ... ultrasound got him ... Michael Macias, EM ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... 30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
with ~ 1.5 - 2 cm ... right retroorbital venous ... lowered or when venous ... Differentials for ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... GCA versus Temporal ... very remarkable w/differential ... variably: On one hand ... (at least 1-2 cm