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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... 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,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... #management #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 ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... an increase in heart ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PSAX
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #S4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #A4C