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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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Cardiomyopathy ... • Establish diagnosis ... #Cardiomyopathy ... #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Hypertrophy - ... Hypertrophy - ... Effusion - Dilated Cardiomyopathy ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
PLAX. Bit Las Vegas gains posteriorly 😉 lovely HOCM case with systolic anterior motion. Significant LVOT
#HOCM #Hypertrophic ... #Cardiomyopathy ... SAM #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
heart disease: Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy, ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
compensatory left ventricular ... hypertrophy and ... Cardiomyopathy ... Left #Ventricle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
Etiologies of hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... - Malformation syndromes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Left Ventricular ... noncompaction syndrome ... may also have hypertrophic ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
- Right Ventricular ... involves the right ventricular ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... #Echocardiogram ... A4C #Clinical #POCUS
Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 - Sudden death in a
Patients with Hypertrophic ... Cardiomyopathy ... #Cardiomyopathy ... RiskFactors #Death #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Apical hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... (Yamaguchi syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology