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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis ... Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... #differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... BRUGADA SIGN (SYNDROME ... CARDIOMYOPATHY - MYOCARDITIS ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Immunological Syndromes ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Myocardium: - Myocarditis ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT syndrome ... may not occur Differential ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
Tachycardia - Differential ... catecholamine induced, myocarditis ... #Tachycardia #Differential ... Algorithm #WCT #cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... PERICARDITIS • MYOCARDITIS ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... • Autoimmune— PBC ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... • Short bowel syndrome ... Malabsorption #Differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia - Differential ... Infections BRASH Syndrome ... infarction • Myocarditis ... #Bradycardia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... Malignancy, 1° PBC ... , 1° PSC, Cystic ... Liver #Injury #Differential