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De Winter's T Waves - Acute Sign of Proximal LAD Occlusion #Clinical #Cardiology #EKG #DeWinter #DeWintersTWaves
De Winter's T Waves ... - Acute Sign of ... Clinical #Cardiology #EKG ... #DeWinter #DeWintersTWaves
De Winter's T Waves - Acute Sign of Proximal LAD Occlusion #Clinical #Cardiology #EKG #DeWinter #DeWintersTWaves
De Winter's T Waves ... - Acute Sign of ... Clinical #Cardiology #EKG ... #DeWinter #DeWintersTWaves
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
J point • De Winter ... V2 • Wellens sign ... pain • Wellens sign ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #differential #
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... STE: "Pardee's sign ... Early-repolarization pattern ... leads • S1Q3T3 pattern ... (Eiffel Tower sign
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... - hyperacute T waves ... bigger than QRS - deWinter ... T waves - starts ... Interpretation #differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... falls (like a wave ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Differential #
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... • Meningeal signs ... lesion • CNS infection ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
than one cause (e.g ... findings: Fluid wave ... LR 2.1) - fluid wave ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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< 30 years - Aorta ... to exclude are infections ... purpura: strong sign ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... GCA #Temporal #Signs