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Limb Lead Reversal
In order to understand why the leads look the way they do, we must
As for the aVL/aVF ... /aVF/aVR are all ... activity of the heart ... should help: #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
ST elevation in ACS ... events in-hospital. heart ... includes ACS vs ... instead of ACS. ... #cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... American College of Cardiology ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... guideline #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... to identifying ACS ... #ChestPain #ACS ... #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
Suspected ACS - ... segment is the only ECG ... EMN @EMNews #ACS ... #cardiology #occlusionMI ... myocardial #infarction #diagnosis
Recommended Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blockers;
Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) ACE ... receptor blockers; HF ... , heart failure; ... Cardiomyopathy #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
Typical ECG changes ... especially left heart ... be present in all ... indefinitely inverted #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Irregular ... Torsades - ACS ... Nonstructural Heart ... #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... and Treatment Algorithm ... Guidelines: • ACC ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #cardiology #treatment