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LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... Management? ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #PLAX #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... tamponade recurs. ❿ Plan ... definitive management ... specialist referral. ⓫ Plan ... #Management #Workup
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : • Post-cardiac ... injury syndrome ... #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
and Management ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... injury 4. ... Manage chronic cardiac ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac Sarcoidosis on Echocardiogram

Spot diagnosis for the fellows. Thinned, dyskinetic basal septum in patient who presents
Cardiac Sarcoidosis ... on Echocardiogram ... Spot diagnosis ... #sarcoidosis #cardiac ... #plax #cardiology
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... • Plan for repeat ... feasible (Box B). ⓭ Plan ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
risk for sudden cardiac ... Detailed Case Review ... cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology