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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Life Threatening Event ... Cardiac: • Congenital ... Heart Disease ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
risk for sudden cardiac ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... #HOCM #HCM #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... , severe right heart ... failure, right sided cardiac ... masses and even ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ) • Valvular heart ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... recurrence remains even ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... , follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... - Cataract Plan ... postoperative cardiac
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 ... Even during the ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
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
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... and perhaps even ... #differential #algorithm
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 ... Even during the ... management #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm