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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
predisposition (TTN ... Serial TTE and close ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
Microvascular: TTP ... Athero-embolic, HTN ... Ischemia-induced: ATN
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
TMA is due to TTP ... compliment-mediated TTP ... TTP is only TMA ... suggests against TTP ... pregnancy, & malignant HTN
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- TTE/liver fxn? ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN
Important Respiratory Distress Pearls

#diagnosis #respiratory #distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS #neonatal #pediatric #adult #respiratory #adverse #effects
distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Tamponade, pulmonary HTN ... , systemic HTN, ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
short axes in TTE ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Atrial Myxoma on Cardiac MRI

Dr. Jacobo Kirsch
@kirschj

#Atrial #Myxoma #CardiacMRI #Cardiology #Clinical #Radiology
Myxoma #CardiacMRI #Cardiology ... #Clinical #Radiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
hemolytic anemia (TTP ... eclampsia, malignant HTN