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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Records every heart ... Loop recorder - Long ... Event #Monitors #heart ... #cardiology #telemetry ... #devices #comparison
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... presentation • Cardiac-specific ... : Diastolic heart ... to 3 based on comparison ... #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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What’s the diagnosis ... inability of the right heart ... of right-sided HF ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... the lung will lie ... inferior part of the lung ... wall, since the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
an increase in heart ... Other signs of CHF ... supine film the cardiac ... that helpful, but comparison ... #Clinical #Radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... edema, and clear lungs ... to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #cardiology