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Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
acute cardiac injury ... shock, Arrythmias, Pericarditis ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... VASOSPASM - PERICARDITIS ... TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Emergency
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... , constrictive percarditis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
changes in acute pericarditis ... indicates atrial injury ... indefinitely inverted #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Pericarditis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... of constrictive pericarditis ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Post-cardiac injury ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Cardiology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... coma, spinal cord injury ... especially with AC ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... Lupus pericarditis ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Chest pain, pericarditis ... cardiac death Management ... #Myocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive Pericarditis ... the underlying diagnosis ... , constrictive pericarditis ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Cardiology