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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Cardiovascular MRI ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
HOCM) - Diagnosis and ... Management Diagnosis ... 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI ... testing, LGE on MRI ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
ACC/AHA proposed and ... help stratify cardiac ... coronary angiography and ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
arterial sheath and ... sync with the cardiac ... Complications and ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Management Summary ... dilated IVC - Cardiac ... Shock - MI ... Cardiac surgery? ... #Summary #criticalcare
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
development of HF and ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... MI, myocardial ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
cardiac function ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare