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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... diagnosis #algorithm #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... #heartfailure #chf
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
May have typical HF ... Management during ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
on Echocardiogram ... PMHx recent CHF, ... MRI, CT TAP are ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
on Echocardiogram ... PMHx recent CHF, ... MRI, CT TAP are ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Induced Cardiotoxicity
Problem - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with
Management of Immune ... normal, significant echocardiogram ... prednisone 1-2 mg/kg ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology ... #oncology #management