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Elevated Troponin: Always A Cardiac Problem? 
 - Barry Hambridge 
#Diagnosis #Troponin #Elevation #Elevated #Troponemia #Noncardiac
Elevated Troponin ... : Always A Cardiac ... Hambridge #Diagnosis #Troponin
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... abnormalities, Troponin ... Increases, Cardiac
Acute Myocardial Infarction - Biomarker time course 
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #AcuteMyocardialInfarction #AMI #Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins #CKMB #Myoglobin
Biomarkers #Enzymes #Troponins ... Trends #Peaks #Cardiac
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
with a single troponin ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events
Ischemic Evaluation Algorithm in a Non-Cardiac ICU Patient

#Diagnosis #CriticalCare #Algorithm #Ischemic #Evaluation #Noncardiac #Demand #Troponin
Algorithm in a Non-Cardiac ... Noncardiac #Demand #Troponin
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
negative initial troponin ... of an adverse cardiac ... If that troponin ... risk of adverse cardiac ... occurrence of a cardiac
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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failure • Elevated troponin ... shock, sudden cardiac
REBEL Review 100: Canadian Syncope Risk Score 

Predisposition to Vasovagal Symptoms (-1)
History of Heart Disease (1)
Any
(2) Elevated Troponin ... Syncope (-2) Cardiac
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... aPTT • Serial troponin
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
(+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... factors - Initial troponin