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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia: • VT/VFib ... • AFib/AFlutter ... #causes
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... Stroke - Differential ... and morbidity Heart ... • Arrhythmias: Afib ... Endocarditis • Dilated cardiomyopathy
VFib Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram

67yo male arrives unresponsive and pulseless after 20min continuous prehospital CPR. 

#VFib
VFib Arrest on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... continuous prehospital CPR ... #VFib #Arrest #Cardiac ... #Clinical #PLAX
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #causes
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Causes of Apparent ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Congenital ... Heart Disease ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
with a history of cardiac ... the transplanted heart ... #VFib #Ventricular ... Fibrillation #POCUS #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB