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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... Channelopathies: Long/short ... QT syndromes, Brugada ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
Ventriculogram of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (Broken Heart Syndrome)

In Japanese, tako=octopus; tsubo=pot

Looks like octopus pot in systole!

Sam Ghali,
Ventriculogram of ... Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... (Broken Heart Syndrome ... #Ventriculogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
The four different types of takotsubo syndrome during diastole (left column) and systole (middle column). The
types of takotsubo syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... SubTypes #Takotsubo #Syndrome ... #Cardiomyopathy ... #Comparison #Table
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Manifestations of cardiomyopathy ... Tachycardia (CPVT) • Short ... QT Syndrome • ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Left ventriculography (Panel A [showing diastole] and Panel B [showing systole]) and contrast
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... ApicalBallooning #Ventriculogram ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome
Historical Japanese octopus trap (left). Courtesy of Dr Templin, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Left ventriculogram
Left ventriculogram ... case of takotsubo syndrome ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #Ventriculogram ... #Cardiomyopathy
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... - Valves ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
– look for a short ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... QT syndrome too ... ECG #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... interval J Wave Syndromes ... involved • Brugada Syndrome ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
associated with a short ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... or short QT syndrome ... #cardiology #differential