15 results
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Endomyocardial biopsy ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) in biopsy proven eosinophilic myocarditis

 - Dr. Mazen Abu-Fadel
@maf204

#Endomyocardial #Fibrosis #EMF #eosinophilic #myocarditis
Fibrosis (EMF) in biopsy ... proven eosinophilic ... Fibrosis #EMF #eosinophilic ... echocardiogram #A4c ... #Cardiology #clinical
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Triage EKG (no prior ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #A3C
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
- Necrotizing Eosinophilic ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #summary #biopsy
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... Biopsy revealed ... the diagnosis of ... #Clinical #Radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
Constrictive Pericarditis ... was referred to cardiology ... was enough to diagnose ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
and Causes Clinical ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Fibrosis, Hyper-eosinophilc ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Intracardiac Septal Masses / Thickening on Echocardiogram - Differential Diagnosis - 4 separate cases:
Case 1: LV
Diagnosis - 4 separate ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #a4c #comparison ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology