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Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
SARS-COV-2 injury, Stress ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Disease • Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical stress ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... edema in acute ... Increased mechanical stress ... #differential #diagnosis
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
recent MI with acute ... resp failure and pulmonary ... Labeled Video ... Echocardiogram #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
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McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
McConnell's Sign on POCUS ... sparing) indicates acute ... highly specific for pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
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McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
patients w/ different diagnoses ... strain related to pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c ... #labeled
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McConnell's sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

An otherwise healthy male presents with pleuritic chest pain.  
Hypokinetic RV
McConnell's sign on POCUS ... sign) suggests acute ... likely from a pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if acute ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment