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Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 - Sudden death in a
Sudden Cardiac Death ... Cardiomyopathy - Sudden death ... resuscitated sudden death ... #RiskFactors #Death ... #Cardiology #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Sudden Cardiac Death ... Sudden Cardiac Death ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
can cause sudden death ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... Sudden #Cardiac #Death
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
Type 3 - Cardiac Death ... Suffer cardiac death ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
chest pain after death ... Angiogram #clinical #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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sudden cardiac death ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)

• A small positive deflection buried in the terminal QRS complex (Epsilon
Syncope or Sudden death ... EpsilonWave #Diagnosis #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
composite outcome of death ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
manifestations and risk of death ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
CULPRIT-SHOCK Visual Abstract Infographic

PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1710261

CONCLUSIONS:  Among
a composite of death ... VisualAbstract #Cardiology