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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... PE-related) • PESI ... class (30-day all cause ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Clinical Manifestations ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... • MRI of the heart
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Infiltrative: Amyloidosis ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
American College of Critical ... goal-directed stepwise management ... except congenital heart ... lesions), and cardiac ... Shock #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
>10 mmHg - clinically ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... causes including ... R heart failure ... Infiltrative diseases (amyloidosis