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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
and Management ... 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI ... testing, LGE on MRI ... Prevention - Prevent Symptoms ... #Management #Cardiology
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
and published an algorithm ... help stratify cardiac ... angiography and possible PCI ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... with a stable symptom ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #EBM
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
death with symptoms ... 4a: Related to PCI ... CABG Procedure #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Myocardial ... Definitions #NSTEMI #MI
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
ï‚· Ischemic Symptoms
ï‚· EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Infarction ï‚· Ischemic Symptoms ... Angiography & PCI ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
dyspnea 20-50% • URI ... 3-12% • Cardiac ... incr in 27-75% • PCT ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #