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Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Chagas disease • Epicardial ... Hyper-Enhancement: Amyloidosis ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #cardiology #radiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... of dyspnea and chest ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... CAUSES • PRIMARY Cardiac ... Primary systemic amyloidosis ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
Chest pain after ... AFib ablation. ... the most likely diagnosis ... w/ a moderate pericardial ... MusaSharkawi #Clinical #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... flip-flopping in the chest ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology