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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... Clinical Presentation ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... Findings - low ... #Cardiology #Staging
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
in acute PE are low ... other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... symptoms + supporting ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 ... Constipation - MSK ... Refeeding #Syndrome #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #symptoms
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... ST elevation), Low ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
misdiagnosed) - Sudden cardiac ... **Get baseline EKG ... imbalances (especially low ... LongQT #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
checkpoint inhibitors (e.g ... common presenting symptom ... case reports of pleural ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Honc
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... lesions) McDonald diagnostic ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... #management #neurology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... edema, bilateral pleural ... angiography if low ... Consider cardiac
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... • T1-weighted low ... #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
mental status and low ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... ECG is vital while ... Cardiac cath if ... #treatment #table