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Acute Coronary Syndrome - Management Algorithm
 • STEMI
 • NSTEMI (Troponin Positive) / Unstable Angina (UA,
Coronary Syndrome - Management ... STEMI • NSTEMI (Troponin ... Unstable Angina (UA, Troponin ... Negative) Management ... Syndrome #ACS #Management
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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failure • Elevated troponin ... cardiac death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Biomarkers (BNP, Troponin ... prognostication #diagnosis #management
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
negative initial troponin ... after the first troponin ... after a second troponin ... If that troponin ... #Management #PatientInfo
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... CBC, coags, BNP, Troponin ... Workup #diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... vitamin D level, troponin ... AECOPD #Algorithm #Management
Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Diagnosis of TTP:
 • Rare and severe, ADAMTS13 deficiency
 • Autoimmune
ICU (age, LDH, troponin ... Thrombocytopenic #Purpura #management
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
positional • Variable troponin ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Ca/Mg/Phos - Troponin ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
to an elevated Troponin ... ensues, and the Troponin ... echocardiogram #management