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Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... , Ventricular Tachycardia ... #Nonlschemic #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... #Palpitations #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Normal variant Pulsus ... heart failure Pulsus ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on Neck ... block, or, as this case ... and an atrial tachycardia ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... twitching CARDIAC CAUSES ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac Causes ... NON-CARDIAC CAUSES ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
artery disease • Cardiomyopathy ... heart disease Causes ... Supraventricular tachycardia ... (PVC-induced cardiomyopathy ... #differential #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
intrathoracic pressure "sucks ... include restrictive cardiomyopathy ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Video #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... block; and sinus tachycardia ... voltage Other Causes ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology