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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... multiple coronary vascular ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... #Embolism #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... than 5 to 7 days after ... #management #cardiology
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Criteria Acute ... imaging technique (CT ... of pericarditis after ... pericarditis and a symptom-free ... #criteria #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... than 5 to 7 days after ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... epicardial coronary artery ... #management #cardiology
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
this event, CT ... Mina Iskander MD, MSc ... Arterial #Clinical #POCUS ... echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #A4c #Embolism
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
segment at (or 40-60 ms ... after) the J point ... V2 • Wellens sign ... Equivalents #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
patients with no signs ... /syrnptoms of embolic ... 19% had cardiac valvular ... #Endocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
normal pregnancy symptoms ... Relaxin: reduces vascular ... Pulmonary/amniotic embolism ... Spontaneous coronary artery ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This post will focus ... structural and vascular ... improved to 90% after ... #Radiology #CTChest