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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... failure • Elevated troponin ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Progression of Imaging Findings in Acute Stroke - Timeline
Onset → Hours → Days → Weeks →
Acute Stroke - Timeline ... CT • DWI • ADC ... Imaging #Stroke #Timeline ... #diagnosis #Progression ... #radiology #neurology
Acute Myocardial Infarction - Biomarker time course 
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #AcuteMyocardialInfarction #AMI #Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins #CKMB #Myoglobin
time course #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #AcuteMyocardialInfarction ... Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins ... Trends #Peaks #Cardiac ... #Timeline
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... abnormalities, Troponin ... Increases, Cardiac ... #Causes #cardiology
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
with a single troponin ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiogenic Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Identifying Hypoperfusion from Cardiac Dysfunction
 • Exam: Congestion vs Hypoperfusion
Cardiogenic Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Hypoperfusion from Cardiac ... Studies • POCUS Management ... #Management #cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
(+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... factors - Initial troponin ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
and Management ... Diagnosis 1. ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic ... Source: Fanaroff AC ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac