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Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
Post-MI Free Wall ... acute hemorrhagic pericardial ... management acutely for tamponade ... #cardiology #complications ... #acuteMI #diagnosis
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
Complications Following ... Leading to cardiac tamponade ... Aneurysm Recurrent MI ... Myocardial #Infarction #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Mechanical Complications ... • Features of tamponade ... cardionerds #Complications ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhage • Ruptured ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... embolism - Pericardial ... tamponade - Tension
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... Obstruction - Rupture ... #Causes #Cardiology
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Cardiogenic: Acute MI ... papillary muscle rupture ... • Obstructive: Pericardial ... tamponade, Pulmonary ... #inopressors #diagnosis
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram

Crazy POCUS of an untreated VSD with with pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome,
VSD with with pulmonary ... syndrome, and pericardial ... profound that tamponade ... SeptalDefect #Untreated #Cardiology ... #Clinical #PLAX
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram

This 70yo male presents with sob. He is in a left lateral decub
Pneumopericardium on POCUS ... Which diagnosis ... effusion, no signs of tamponade ... #pericardial #effusion ... #plax
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Thromboembolic complications ... #management #cardiology