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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Cardiac rhythm? ... Underlying structural heart ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Canon A waves on Physical Examination

Associated with complete heart block. Notice the relatively slow HR. Echocardiography
with complete heart ... CanonA #Waves #Clinical ... #video #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology #JVP
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... sounds, JVD and ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Myxedema Heart on Echocardiogram
52F with weeks of shortness of breath, pedal edema and constipation.  Exam
Myxedema Heart on ... Exam with JVD, anasarca ... ECG: SR, low QRS ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... classification, and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... of right-sided HF ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam