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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Cardiogenic shock ... , sudden cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
of Cardiogenic Shock ... Blockers, Digoxin Myocarditis ... Tamponade, pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #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 ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... , Cardiogenic shock ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Decompensated CHF ... Valve Disease, Myocarditis ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... algorithm #treatment #management
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential Diagnosis ... Decompensated CHF ... Valve Disease, Myocarditis ... , CVP > 12 • Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
PERICARDITIS • MYOCARDITIS ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Myocardial injury/myocarditis ... , Cardiac arrhythmias ... , Cardiogenic shock ... ischemia, Acute cor ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... state) • Tachycardia ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
overwhelmed, symptomatic tachycardia ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
overwhelmed, symptomatic tachycardia ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #Types #diagnosis ... #management #cold