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Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

 - EchoTalk Echocardiography
@echotalk

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
on Echocardiogram ... (or triatrial heart ... is a congenital heart ... #Echocardiogram ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology
Decompensated Heart Failure Classification
Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs Warm
Decompensated Heart ... Failure Classification ... and Cold (low cardiac ... #CHF #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Cor Triatriatum on Cardiac MRI

- Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD
@DrFuisz

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital
on Cardiac MRI ... (or triatrial heart ... is a congenital heart ... where the left atrium ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... Digoxin is a cardiac ... fibrillation and atrial ... rate control) - Heart ... #Cardiology #Digitalis
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... , heart failure; ... #CHF #Congestive ... Algorithm #Management #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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Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... Decompensated HF ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... Complete heart block ... , sino-atrial (SA ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Digoxin
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... block • Heart ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart ... causes, aborted cardiac ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM ... VisualAbstract #Trial