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Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... esctwitter #HOCM ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... #differential #
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Prominent X and Y Descents ... of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #Restrictive #Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Manifestations of cardiomyopathy ... (CM) range from ... (DCM) • Restrictive ... Cardiomyopathy ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Shock - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... HOCM) - Obstructive ... #Hypotension #Differential
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
regurgitation; HOCM ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... Heart #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Pre-existing cardiomyopathy ... infarction • Stress cardiomyopathy ... 30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential ... include restrictive cardiomyopathy ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... diagnosis #cardiology #differential
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
with ~ 1.5 - 2 cm ... Differentials for ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Auscultation of Split S2 - Differential Diagnosis
 • Normal or physiologic
 • Wide, fixed splitting -Atrial
of Split S2 - Differential ... - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... #Split #S2 #Differential ... #Auscultation #physicalexam
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... (HOCM) ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... #cardiology #differential