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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 ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
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
Pitting Ankle Edema on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with right sided heart failure

#Pitting #Edema #ankle
with right sided heart ... failure #Pitting ... #Edema #ankle #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #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
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
secondary to the failure ... Cardiomyopathy #clinical ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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biventeicular failure ... inability of the right heart ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
failure syndrome ... failure. ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... to workup right-heart ... failure. ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
There is an extra heart ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Right Sided Failure ... Disease on Echocardiogram ... Carcinoid heart ... #Carcinoid #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram