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Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
need for urgent treatment ... , STEMI is the default ... : #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #STElevation ... #STSegment #Differential
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
, STEMI 1 STABLE ... thrombus formation causes ... in transmural injury ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Text: The Only EKG
Pericarditis can be seen on EKG with diffuse ST elevations without reciprocal changes along with diffuse
can be seen on EKG ... with diffuse ST elevations ... often follows a URI ... First line treatment ... #Pericarditis #Cardiology
ELEVATION Mnemonic for Causes of ST Segment Elevation

E - Electrolyte Abnormalities
L - Left Bundle Branch Block
E
for Causes of ST ... Aneurysm T - Treatment ... Pericardiocentesis) I - Injury ... #Mnemonic #Cardiology ... #STElevation #Differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary Causes ... ULN • AST/ALT Elevation ... per day until stable ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... Acidosis - Differential ... liver or renal injury ... before beginning treatment ... #Differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Case description ... related to avulsive injury ... Differential diagnosis ... MR is able to distinguish ... Desmoid #clinical #mri
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
bone marrow or stem ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause