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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... Primary Myocardial ... #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
(Yamaguchi syndrome ... wave inversion syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Sarcoidosis, Primary ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
ejection fraction, treatment ... incidence of the primary ... cardiovascular causes ... aborted cardiac arrest ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Congenital Long QT Syndrome ... Sudden cardiac arrest ... **Get baseline EKG ... family history) Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Embolism • Primary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... syndrome, ARVC) ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... more intensive treatment ... #differential #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
syncope, can be caused ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... characteristically cause ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... #Cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
symptoms are not caused ... of diagnosis (e.g ... neuropathy or cardiac arrest ... anterior/posterior MSK ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... (4) SA node arrest ... 200ms from longer pause ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology