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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
Myocarditis: 1. ... Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... , Cardiogenic shock
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... Cardiac cath if ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... postoperative cardiac
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... transplantation CLINICAL ... MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... May have typical HF ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... months before 1°
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
massiliense in CF ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... patients such as: 1. ... Lung Disease: • Clinical
LAMP2 cardiomyopathy in a 12-year-old boy with sudden death (Table 1; patient #1). A. At autopsy,
sudden death (Table ... 1; patient #1). ... Adjacent cardiac ... defibrillation shock ... #Clinical #Gross