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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 ... Dysrhythmia, heart block ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
assoc with 1K, AV block ... Trifascicular block ... 1st degree heart block ... EKG #Checklist #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... we describe a chest ... figger out what the pathology ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Katayama Fever - Physical examination and diagnostic testing revealed multiple small papules on the trunk (Panel
examination and diagnostic ... (3.0×109 eosinophils ... infiltrates on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... KatayamaFever #Rash #NEJM
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
- w/ variable block ... 1º - long PR intervals ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Second degree AV Block 2:1
 • During sinus rhythm, 2 to 1 AV block manifest as
• A long strip ... #degree #2nd #AVBlock ... #2to1 #ecg #diagnosis ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Sarcoidosis E - Eosinophilic ... caused by a rigid chest ... aspergillosis - Chronic eosinophilic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
) - HiPR: AV block ... 360 ms: ↑ca - Long ... Approach #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... #management #cardiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... The differential diagnosis ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... CXR #Oleothorax #NEJM