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Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram ... What is the pathology ... Dissection #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology #TypeA
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ECG and Clinical Features #HOCM #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... ECG and Clinical ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... of chest pain ECG ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #Flap #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Cardiology ... #clinical
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... Proximal aortic ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... close relative, ECG ... diagnosis was STEMI ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #cathlab
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy ... , dilated cardiomyopathy ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Causes Clinical ... Fibrosis, Hyper-eosinophilc ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... these can hint at pathology ... widening of the aortic ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology