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Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... 1) LV EF <0.45 ... of LV dysfunction ... no alternative cause ... #cardiology #obstetrics
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
afterload from aortic ... hypertrophied LV ... like Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Left #Ventricle #diagnosis ... #cardiology #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
with or without LV ... • Idiopathic LV ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV ... studies show no ↓ LV ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
may benefit from LV ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #table #foamed ... #heartfailure #chf
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... dysfunction or LV ... - Cataract Plan ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... of Systole, the LV ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #foamed
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... treat the primary cause ... of Systole, the LV ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... - Short QT LV ... Post-cardioversion • Acute aortic ... #cardiology #ecg
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Diagnosis? ... fine quivering of LV ... Fibrillation #VFib #PSAX ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #Cardiology #clinical