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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... : Drugs, Electrolyte ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #
Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Causes of Drug-Induced ... #DrugInduced #Medications ... #Cardiomyopathy ... Cardiomyopathies #Differential ... #Causes #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
reduction; change medication ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #management
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
) • Short QT Syndrome ... • Toxicity (Drugs ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Diagnostic and Management ... block, ischemia, cardiomyopathy ... THREATENING CAUSES & TREATMENT ... - Drugs (beta-blockers ... Bradycardia #Algorithm #Differential
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Diagnosis and Management ... - Metabolism: Drugs ... Transfusions - Medications ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... endocrinology #differential
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Idiopathic (i.e., Drug-Related ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... #treatment #hematology ... #differential