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Algorithm for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) diagnosis. A suggested algorithm for incorporating cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Algorithm for cardiac ... resonance imaging (MRI ... CMR indicates cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Cardiology #Cardiac
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... tissue (previous MI ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Contractility: • MI ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology
Post Cardiac Catheterization Complications
Access site complications
 • Hematoma - Pain, swelling, bruising
 • Retroperitoneal bleed -
, hypotension, tachycardia ... presyncope • MI ... nephropathy - Rise in Cr ... Complications #cardiology ... #differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
, selenium) Differential ... Nonspecific: sinus tachycardia ... congestion on a CXR ... experience recovery of cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology