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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Diagnosis • Dilated ... Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic ... Cardiomyopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... testing, LGE on MRI ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Stenosis: • Hypertrophic ... • Prolapse • Dilated ... Endocarditis • Hypertrophic ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... regurgitation: • Leaflet: Hypertrophic ... annulus valve: Dilated ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... heart disease: Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy, ... Familial dilated ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
PLAX. Bit Las Vegas gains posteriorly 😉 lovely HOCM case with systolic anterior motion. Significant LVOT
😉 lovely HOCM case ... cara_mercer #HOCM #Hypertrophic ... #Cardiomyopathy ... SAM #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Descents, Rales,+S4, MR ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Regurgitation Dilated ... Left Ventricular Hypertrophy ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
intracranial bleeds) and related ... Apical hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic ... Cardiomyopathy ... elevated LVEDP ==> MRI ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus