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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... #cardiology #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... axonal form • MRI ... #diagnosis #management
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Left ventriculography (Panel A [showing diastole] and Panel B [showing systole]) and contrast
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... Ventriculogram #NEJM ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... elevated LVEDP ==> MRI ... #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome - Basal Subtype
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome in patient requiring ECMO
1. 6% of MI have
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome ... ECMO 1. 6% of MI ... #Cardiomyopathy ... Basal #Subtype #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac MR shows ... no LGE and no apical ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Central Pontine Myelinolysis - Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a central area of high
Panel A, arrows) and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Neuro #MRI #Central ... Demyelination #Syndrome ... #ODS #NEJM
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
MI effecting [LAD ... hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Mural #Thrombus #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Anterior Hypokinesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

A 69yo female with history of hypertension presents with 30min shortness of
Hypokinesis on POCUS ... with anterior wma and ... previous hx of MI ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX