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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Endomyocardial biopsy ... Dysrhythmia, heart block ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Findings: - AV block ... agent, steroids, AC ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... cardiology #summary #biopsy
Cardiac Standstill on POCUS during CPR

A 79yo male presents after being found unresponsive by his wife.
on POCUS during ... ACLS performed x ... activity p 30min ACLS ... #POCUS #CPR #Echoardiogram ... #ACLS #S4C #Intraarrest
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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• Onset Hours Cardio ... to kill 50% of people ... at 48 hours • ALC ... prognosis • ALC ... Toxicity #diagnosis #management
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
Coronary Syndrome (ACS ... Major Adverse Cardiac ... the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC ... indication of AC ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
Here we have an apical 4 chamber view with right ventricle dilation, IV fluid and blood
and basically no cardiac ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... #ACLS #CPR #PulseCheck ... #A4c #Asystole
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
during CPR on POCUS ... best choice for management ... patient presented in cardiac ... Effusion #CPR #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #ACLS
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... on POCUS Hypotension ... the benefits of POCUS ... for definitive management ... trauma #cardiology #s4c
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
• Transfusion Cardiac ... • Hypotension: People ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management