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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Signs, Symptoms ... Management Clinical ... AL) - Kussmaul sign ... Stages #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
fever, what’s the clinical ... sign shown , what ... ’s the diagnosis ... EMdoc14 #CannonA #AWaves ... #JVP #Cardiology
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Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... are enough to diagnose ... that’s called “clinical ... ’s called Frog sign ... #Neck #Frog #Sign
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Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign ... • infection (e.g ... colitis) • bowel ischemia ... Colon #Thumbprint #Sign ... Diagnosis #radiology
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T ... Specific for critical ... #Wellens #Sign # ... EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
has Kussmaul's sign ... the underlying diagnosis ... Giant #PHTN #JVP #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
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STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
V2 • Wellens sign ... pain • Wellens sign ... deviation) • Acute ischemia ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia ... Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... Interpretation #differential
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
atrial flutter waves ... flutter is suspected clinically ... , based on signs ... and symptoms, but ... #Cardiology #EKG
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
- Widespread T wave ... Normalization Spodick's sign ... #Pericarditis #EKG ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical