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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... failure • Elevated ... failure therapy ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Myxedema Heart on Echocardiogram
52F with weeks of shortness of breath, pedal edema and constipation.  Exam
Myxedema Heart on ... Echocardiogram ... failure and echo ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Failure: A Report ... American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... Failure Society ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology
The Failing Heart - Physiology - Congestive Heart Failure

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Pathophysiology #Cardiology
The Failing Heart ... Physiology - Congestive Heart ... Failure #Congestive ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute heart ... failure - Acute ... arrhythmias #Acute #Heart ... #Failure #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

 - EchoTalk Echocardiography
@echotalk

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
Triatriatum on Echocardiogram ... (or triatrial heart ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #POCUS #Clinical ... #Congenital #Cardiology
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Stenosis - Diastolic Heart ... Failure - Aortic ... Cardiomyopathy - Systolic Heart ... Failure Infographic ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
HF, heart failure ... ; HFrEF, heart failure ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Acute Heart Failure ... • History of heart ... failure • JVD ... failure • No ... Examination #chf #cardiology
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS ... endocarditis Heart ... failure (valve ... abnormalities, heart ... cardiothoracic #cardiology