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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... #differential #cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
transmitted to JV ... EKG of the same ... to diagnose the case ... #PhysicalExam # ... JVP #Cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... Maneuvers #Heart #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam #
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... Constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... failure, right sided cardiac ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology