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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Cardiac ... Arrest #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ATRIAL FLUTTER • HEART ... VALVULAR DISEASE • HEART ... FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Differential #
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Left-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... muscle twitching CARDIAC ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... prosthetic valve NON-CARDIAC
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Congenital Heart ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... of structural heart ... Underlying ischemic heart ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... may not occur Differential
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy ... you're "having a heart ... Cardiac MR shows ... #Yamaguchi #cardiomyopathy ... #hypertrophic #clinical
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• If heart rate ... consider: o Cardiac ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... #Hypotension #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes