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Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... Mitral Valve (MV) Level ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
dizziness, syncope, chest ... discomfort Cardiac ... previous MI) Non-Cardiac ... Anemia • Fever ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... night sweats, fever ... : • New cardiac ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Cardiac Event Monitors ... patient places on chest ... Loop recorder - Long ... Monitors #heart #cardiology ... telemetry #devices #comparison
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Secondary to invasive cardiac ... metastatic spread: lung ... CAUSES • PRIMARY Cardiac ... Mediterranean fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... are smaller and fewer ... supplying the lung ... In these cases comparison ... #Clinical #Radiology
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis ... presents with fever ... frequently have lung ... TricuspidValve #TV #Endocarditis ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... with cough and fever ... with low oxygen level ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
The explanation for the cardiac incisura is seen on this CT-image.
At the level of the inferior
explanation for the cardiac ... At the level of ... lobe of the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cardiac