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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS 78 ... of chest pain ECG ... leads Cardiac MRI ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... HeartFailure #Causes #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... apical ballooning) cardiomyopathy ... intracranial bleeds) and ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Triage EKG (no prior ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... McConnell's sign, and ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... #Myocarditis #differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology ... #MRI
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, ... elevated LVEDP ==> MRI ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac MR shows ... no LGE and no apical ... #Yamaguchi #cardiomyopathy ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... diagnosis #management #cardiology