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Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
(Yamaguchi syndrome ... wave inversion syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... symptoms are not caused ... (e.g. incidental ... (for example, cardiomyopathy ... #Management #Signs
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... syndrome, ARVC) ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
syncope, can be caused ... characteristically cause ... Mnemonic #Syncope #EKG ... #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... with Cardio-OB team ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... /100,000 per year ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... Inform theatre team ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... malignant, pediatric cases ... person-years • 50-year ... → cardiomyopathy ... procedures (eg,