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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Katayama Fever - Physical examination and diagnostic testing revealed multiple small papules on the trunk (Panel
examination and diagnostic ... values, and several ill-defined ... infiltrates on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... KatayamaFever #Rash #NEJM
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
abdomen showed mild ... phase on CT showed mild ... bacilli (Panel D) #Clinical ... #Radiology #Pathology ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy #NEJM
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
POCUS 78 year old ... complaining of chest ... leads Cardiac ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Fibrosis, Hyper-eosinophilc ... #differential #cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... right side of the chest ... be mistaken for pathology ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #Cardiac
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
object strikes the chest ... children 5-15 years old ... Commotio #Cordis #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #Sudden #Cardiac
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
This Patient With Chest ... : The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the differential diagnosis ... There was no eosinophilia ... which excludes eosinophilic ... Biopsy revealed the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... - Necrotizing Eosinophilic ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology