8 results
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Involvement In up to 1/ ... 4 of cases of stress ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Clinical #POCUS
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Left-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... risk factors: cardiomyopathy ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
symptoms are not caused ... neuropathy or cardiac ... (pain/abnormal LFT ... (for example, cardiomyopathy ... • Heerfordt syndrome
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
- Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... * 2. ... May have typical HF ... months before 1°
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
syndrome #1: Pulm ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... #a4c #intrapulmonary
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion 2. ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... activation → IL-1 ... • Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... disproportionate atrial