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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
, Cardiac failure ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... US: LV hypokinesia ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology ... #MRI
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... Stress Test ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... acute coronary syndrome ... Management #Algorithm #Cardiology
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Severe LV dysfunction ... angina despite ... New/worsening MR ... #Indications #Cardiac ... catheterization #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy • LV ... Myocarditis • Stress ... Hemochromatosis, Fabry's disease ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
prolapse (Marfan syndrome ... , Ehler-Danlos syndrome ... , carcinoid syndrome ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... embolization Wlo LV ... rheumatic valve disease ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Stress ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... (e.g., long QT syndrome ... Hypertension, LV ... more intensive treatment ... #cardiology