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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... #Causes #cardiology ... #MRI
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... testing, LGE on MRI ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... , Cardiac stress ... Effectiveness #table ... #comparison
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... TTE, TEE, CT or MRI ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... : Amyloidosis (AL
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Resonance Imaging (MRI ... #Contrast #CT #MRI ... #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Coronary Syndrome (ACS ... ruptures and a thrombus ... plaque rupture and thrombus ... formation causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
demonstration of platelet thrombi ... heart valves • MRI ... often seen • MRI ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #table