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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
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
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
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
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... interval J Wave Syndromes ... involved • Brugada Syndrome ... right bundle-branch ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Management Summary ... blood gas (ABC) ... HPS features - Complete ... 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 ... walking to nearly complete ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... , Horner syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Early transit of bubbles ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... clinical #pocus #a4c
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
a widened QRS complex ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... helps in detecting subtle ... dangerous yet subtle