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Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
and long-term complications ... They cause the vast ... The risk then rapidly ... remodeling can cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
What are some causes ... What are the risk ... FreeWall #Rupture #cardiology ... #complications
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
the paradoxical rise ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... • Sepsis Complications ... with an increased risk ... • Increased risk ... #cardiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Risk Factors and ... • Minority of Pts ... Thromboembolic complications ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
dyspnea, orthopnea/PND ... Workup for cause ... EtOH causes thiamine ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP rise ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Arthritis) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... • PVNS/Giant Cell ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... diagnosis #msk #rheumatology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... full compensatory pause ... fibrillation Complications ... tachyarrhythmias High-risk ... #differential #cardiology