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Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) Criteria
• Sokolow + Lyon 
 - S V1 + R V5 or
Left Ventricular ... Hypertrophy (LVH ... V6 > 35 mm • Cornell ... #Hypertrophy #ECG ... #EKG #Cardiology
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Cath Lab ASAP: STEMI ... Severe LV dysfunction ... Sustained ventricular ... low (1-2) risk, +ECG ... #Indications #Cardiac
Diagnostic Accuracy of Electrocardiographic Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Circulation 2009 #EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology #LVH #Hypertrophy
Electrocardiographic Criteria ... for Left Ventricular ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #LVH #Hypertrophy ... Specificity #Sokolow #Cornell
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... regurgitation secondary to ventricular ... - Effusion ECG ... Abnormal a-wave #Cardiac ... #Sarcoidosis #Cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
on ECG • Conventional ... • Sgarbossa criterion ... Acute ischemia in LVH ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #differential #cardiology
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
restrictive left ventricular ... filling (impaired LV ... compliance), ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
ALGORITHM INCLUSION CRITERIA ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... evidence of AMI (STEMI ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... rnonths, Cardiogenic ventricular ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... US: LV hypokinesia ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
LV apical thrombus on Echocardiogram

Another STEMI late comer with huge apical thrombus

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#LV
LV apical thrombus ... Echocardiogram Another STEMI ... late comer with ... #ventricular #apical ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... CT/MRI ($$$$) CORE ... Stress #Testing #cardiology