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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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failure • Elevated troponin ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Acute Myocardial Infarction - Biomarker time course 
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #AcuteMyocardialInfarction #AMI #Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins #CKMB #Myoglobin
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins ... Trends #Peaks #Cardiac ... #Timeline
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
July 2015 the ACC ... help stratify cardiac ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Cardiac Valve Replacement - Anticoagulation INR Targets and Antiplatelet by Valve Type

Bioprosthetic valves require at least
Cardiac Valve Replacement ... monotherapy (2017 AHA/ACC ... valve (2017 AHA/ACC ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... agent, steroids, AC ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
to an elevated Troponin ... of the resting cardiac ... ensues, and the Troponin ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
to an elevated Troponin ... of the resting cardiac ... ensues, and the Troponin ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
sync with the cardiac ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Single Syringe Adenosine - Instructions
1) Dilute 6-12 mg of adenosine in a syringe for a total
to place IV in AC ... #Instructions #pharmacology ... #SVT #cardiology ... #management
High yield pharmacology notes
#pharmacology #cardiology #management #medications #criticalcare #treatment
High yield pharmacology ... notes #pharmacology ... #cardiology #management ... #medications #criticalcare