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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • Clinical ... : Pseudo-acute coronary ... cause, vasospasm → Coronary ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
evaluation and management ... non-obstructive coronary ... #Young #cardiology ... #MINOCA #differential ... #diagnosis
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... TTE, TEE, CT or MRI ... #Artery #Embolism ... #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease ... • Stable Angina ... • Acute Coronary
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... muscle relaxation & coronary ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
artery ... Recurrent anginal chest ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Clinical • ... intolerance • Chest ... #Management #Cardiology
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Comparison #Table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... are typically able ... The faster the heart ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... are typically able ... The faster the heart ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica