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Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... VASOSPASM - PERICARDITIS ... INJURY/ICH - VENTRICULAR ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... dissociation, ventricular ... , constrictive percarditis ... #cardiology
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
rnonths, Cardiogenic ventricular ... hypokinesia, associated pericarditis ... • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
• PREMATURE VENTRICULAR ... TACHYCARDIA • VENTRICULAR ... CARDIOMYOPATHY • PERICARDITIS ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
expiration not meeting diagnostic ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... imaging of the ventricular ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
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Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
towards the left ventricular ... Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
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Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Pericarditis: PR ... diagnosis includes ... ACS vs pericarditis ... Differentiating ventricular ... #cardiology
ELEVATION Mnemonic for Causes of ST Segment Elevation

E - Electrolyte Abnormalities
L - Left Bundle Branch Block
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Repolarization V - Ventricular ... Hypertrophy A - Acute Pericarditis ... ELEVATION #Mnemonic #Cardiology ... #STElevation #Differential ... #Diagnosis
DARTH VADER Mnemonic for Complications of Myocardial Infarction

D - Death
A - Arrhythmia
R - Rupture (Ventricular, Septal
R - Rupture (Ventricular ... Dressler’s (post-MI pericarditis ... Infarction #MI #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Cardiology
Empty fluid-filled sac within the endometrium. Given the absence of contents, you cannot differentiate gestational vs
contents, you cannot differentiate ... This is not diagnostic ... Clinical #EM #Obgyn #Radiology ... #PelvicUS #POCUS ... PseudogestationalSac #ALiEM