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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Regular, Wide-Complex Tachycardia
1. aVR: Is the initial deflection in aVR positive?
Algorithm for the ... , Wide-Complex Tachycardia ... dissociation (fusion ... twitter.com/thame #WideComplex ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis #Cardiology
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic ... arrest with ongoing CPR ... patient who has clinical ... hypotension or tachycardia ... ABCDEs #diagnosis #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
edema - Large effusion ... causing acute distress ... nitroglycerine infusion ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... 81% for acute HF ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... May have typical HF ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
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 ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
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 #management #cardiology