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Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Ruptured Chordae ... Many underlying causes ... Assess for MR when ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound #Clinical ... #Cardiology #MitralValve
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
permanent brain ... Aside from the brain ... #Management #Neurology ... #CriticalCare # ... Refractory #Seizures #Algorithm
Trypanosoma cruzi Reactivation in the Brain- ...Magnetic resonance images of the brain showed a mass measuring
Reactivation in the Brain ... images of the brain ... kinetoplasts (masses ... #clinical #NEJM ... #MRI #radiology
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
hypercalcemia, brain ... patient with a core ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology ... #diagnosis #CriticalCare ... Electrocardiogram #ECG #Clinical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... ($$$$) CORE IM ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
patterns (this case ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... #MRI #Brain #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... ruled out • Brain ... brain and/or optic ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... parietal lobes of the brain ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... #cardiology #treatment