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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 ... 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
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ) • Valvular heart ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... support for patients clinically ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... neuropathy or cardiac ... posterior MSK, heart ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
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
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

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

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... (PPCM) is caused ... experience recovery of cardiac ... recognition and management