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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Cardiovascular MRI ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Management ... euvolemic) and Cold (low ... cardiac output) ... #CHF #cardiology
The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
The HEART Score ... for Chest Pain Patients ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute heart ... afterload, mechanical flow ... impairment - Cardiac ... #Failure #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Cardiology
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
HEART Score allows ... risk stratify low ... risk chest pain ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Heart Failure with ... Inhibitor • Rapid low-dose ... pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy/ #Heart ... HFrEF #Guideline #management ... #GDMT #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... of dyspnea and chest ... ECG will show low ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... pulmonary blood flow ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table ... of Cardiac Views ... • SSN: Color Flow ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology