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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
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 ... constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #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 Causes ... out Left-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... Constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... , severe right heart ... failure, right sided cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Framework and Clinical ... Manifestations Causes ... flow, increasing cardiac ... to congestive heart ... failure - Dilated cardiomyopathy
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... auscultation, JVD ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #heartfailure #chf
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... • MRI of the heart
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
pathway that can cause ... risk of sudden cardiac ... underlying structural heart ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #differential #echocardiogram