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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Shot through the heart ... Pericardial window ... Diagnosis? ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #A4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #S4C
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Deficiency in Heart ... Guidelines: • ACC ... deficiency #CHF #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology