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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #HeartFailure #Management ... #CHF #guideline
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... be in CHF @echocardiography_tips ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... agent, steroids, AC ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... appearance of heart ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #A4C
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
metastasize to the heart ... have mets to the heart ... #metastasis #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... of the resting cardiac ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... appearance of heart ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #S4C
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #