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Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
artery disease • Cardiomyopathy ... arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... (PVC-induced cardiomyopathy ... #differential #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
    -
Regular • If ventricular ... nodal agents (e.g ... If polymorphic ventricular ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy ... echocardiogram #plax ... #cardiology #pocus
Ventricular Fibrillation - Transesophageal echo
POC-TEE in cardiac arrest: Instant recognition of shockable rhythm during a pulse
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Transesophageal echo POC-TEE ... a pulse check (ECG ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... patient with right ventricular ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Nephrotoxins (e.g ... channel blocker (eg
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy ... Echocardiogram (A4C) ECG ... has been stable ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
(e.g., familial ... Delivery • Stable ... hemodynamics (e.g ... LVEF recovery (e.g ... teratogenic GDMT meds (e.g
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... 20-90%, normal ECG ... others: AV blocks, PVC ... dilated cardiomyopathy ... apical atrophy (→ventricular
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... Valvular disease (e.g ... palpitations: PVC