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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart ... and Differential Diagnosis ... • Hypertrophic ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #cardiology #HFrEF
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
Hypertrophic Obstructive ... Cardiomyopathy: ... handgrip) #Hypertrophic ... #Cardiac #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #HOCM
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Myocarditis - Hypertrophic ... e.g.congenital heart ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #radiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden Cardiac ... disease: Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy, ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Left Ventricular Hypertrophy ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... regurgitation; HOCM, hypertrophic ... obstructive cardiomyopathy ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... myocytes to fulminant Heart ... accumulation, & cardiac ... Cardiomyopathies: • Hypertrophic ... #diagnosis #differential
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... Hypertension, LV hypertrophy ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... etiologies • Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... #Palpitations #Cardiology