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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... : Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Cardiac ... #Arrest #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... heart failure. ... The other cause ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology
VFib Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram

67yo male arrives unresponsive and pulseless after 20min continuous prehospital CPR. 

#VFib
VFib Arrest on POCUS ... #VFib #Arrest #Cardiac ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #PLAX ... #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... pulmonay infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... CHF also causes ... designed to increase cardiac ... in chronic CHF aims ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... ATRIAL FLUTTER • HEART ... FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart ... cardiovascular causes ... , aborted cardiac ... arrest, or hospitalization ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
risk for sudden cardiac ... Detailed Case Review ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus