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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... Long/short QT syndromes ... , Brugada syndrome ... Arrest #cardiology #differential
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient is in shock. POCUS RUSH exam shows the shock is cardiogenic.
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... POCUS RUSH exam ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... #Clinical #POCUS
Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
#DrugInduced #Medications ... #Cardiomyopathy ... Cardiomyopathies #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Protein) • AIN: Medication ... Kidney #Injury #Differential
Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... - Malformation syndromes ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... #differential #
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... cases of stress cardiomyopathy ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... A4C #Clinical #POCUS
Another Takotsubo.

68F actually presented after some very joyous news in contrast to the usual 'broken heart
'broken heart syndrome ... #Clinical #POCUS ... A4c #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... depletion - Medication ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... #Syncope #Differential
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... BRUGADA SIGN (SYNDROME ... - TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... apical ballooning) cardiomyopathy ... Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... (Yamaguchi syndrome ... wave inversion syndrome