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A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
retrosternal chest pain and ... showed a classic syndrome ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #Restrictive #Cardiomyopathy ... echocardiogram #cardiology #a4c
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT syndrome ... Hypokalemia • Bundle ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation for Atrial ... a patient with atrial ... We have 2 current ... ACC/AHA/HRS. ... CHADS2VASC #Score #Management
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
immediate, prior to ED arrival ... compartment syndrome ... may be severe and ... especially with AC ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... other causes* 2. ... • Pre-existing cardiomyopathy ... infarction • Stress cardiomyopathy ... Serial TTE and close
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
• Classic triad ... Hypertension: 1/2 ... erythropoietin • Cardiomyopathy ... → cardiomyopathy ... stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Management Summary ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... blood gas (ABC) ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... demyelination features (2) ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Management Summary ... (for example, cardiomyopathy ... syndromes: (distinct ... • Heerfordt syndrome ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management