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Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
Etiologies of hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... - Malformation syndromes ... #cardiomyopathy ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI ... testing, LGE on MRI ... #Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Cardiomyopathy ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... elevated LVEDP ==> MRI ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
heart disease: Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy, ... Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... , Brugada syndrome ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
infarction Takotsubo (stress ... Apical hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... (Yamaguchi syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathies: • Hypertrophic ... ) • Short QT Syndrome ... Myocarditis • Stress ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... /4 of cases of stress ... cardiomyopathy ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... A4C #Clinical #POCUS
PLAX. Bit Las Vegas gains posteriorly 😉 lovely HOCM case with systolic anterior motion. Significant LVOT
cara_mercer #HOCM #Hypertrophic ... #Cardiomyopathy ... SAM #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with LVOT obstruction on Cardiac MRI

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#Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy #HOCM #LVOT #obstruction #CardiacMRI #clinical
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... obstruction on Cardiac MRI ... thePagerNews #Hypertrophic ... #Cardiomyopathy ... CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS 78 ... leads Cardiac MRI ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology