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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
microvascular injury ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... changes on tele/ECG ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
that results in injury ... in transmural injury ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Text: The Only EKG
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Stable/Unstable Angina ... • Muscular Injury ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
cyst, Hepatoblastoma ... Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... CT #MRI #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal Venous Phase and Delayed
cyst, Hepatoblastoma ... Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... ComputedTomography #CT #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
acute cardiac injury ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... VF, Myocardial injury ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound - Early arterial, Grayscale phase, Late arterial phase,
cyst, Hepatoblastoma ... Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... Contrast #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - T2, T1 precontrast, T1 portal venous,
cyst, Hepatoblastoma ... Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... MagneticResonance #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Glomerulonephritis Septic ... Emboli Cause Injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis