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A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
Acute Myocardial Infarction ... Recreational Drug Use • Hypercoagulable
Causes of Splenic Infarcts - Differential Diagnosis
 • Myeloid disorders: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, essential
Cardioembolic origin, Hypercoagulable ... Wandering spleen • Infection ... Malaria #Splenic #Infarction
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
Causes of Renal Infarction ... Tuberculosis, Mycoses • Hypercoagulable ... • Myocardial infarction ... Segmental renal infarction ... trait #Renal #Infarction
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Atrial myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... that may lead to infarction
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
LV dysfunction, hypercoagulable ... LV dysfunction, hypercoagulable
Dressler Syndrome - 
Postmyocardlal Infarctlon syndrome / Postpericardlotomy pericarditis
• Occurs 2 -10 weeks post myocardial infarction
Postmyocardlal Infarctlon ... post myocardial infarction ... Postmyocardlal #Infarctlon
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Approach to the Hypercoagulable ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Hypercoagulable
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Atrial myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... that may lead to infarction
Cotton Wool Spots

Caused by microinfarcts. Exploded ganglion cell axons extrude their axoplasm into retina. Long DDx:
thrombocytopenia, hypercoagulable
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Anticoagulation Hypercoagulable