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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Right Ventricle Infarction ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
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
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Acute Myocardial Infarction ... • Features of tamponade ... Complications #Myocardial #Infarction ... #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
Following Myocardial Infarction ... Papillary Muscle Rupture ... Leading to cardiac tamponade ... Aneurysm Recurrent MI ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... depletion • Pulmonary ... embolism • Pericardial ... tamponade • Tension ... - Myocardial infarction
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
DARTH VADER Mnemonic for Complications of Myocardial Infarction

D - Death
A - Arrhythmia
R - Rupture (Ventricular, Septal
Arrhythmia R - Rupture ... Papillary muscle) T - Tamponade ... Embolism (stroke or pulmonary ... #MI #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Cardiology
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