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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... Dysrhythmia, heart block ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound ... Pericardial #Effusion #Trauma
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
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
in trauma is not ... in diagnosing cardiac ... for definitive management ... clinical #ultrasound #trauma ... #cardiology #s4c
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
other coexisting cardiac ... intraventricular blood ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood ... • Blood cultures ... sided IE: heart block ... lesions, heart block ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... to effectively block ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
Echocardiogram ... out this apical cardiac ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c #trauma
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
on Echocardiogram ... (A4C) 48 year ... What are the next POCUS ... : serial blood cultures ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... increasing coronary blood ... little coronary blood ... to effectively block ... #diagnosis #management