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Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Anterior-Septal Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram

58yoM smoker, neg nuclear ST last week, with CP that
with CP that woke him ... EKG: nsr, TWI v1 ... What's his diagnosis ... segment makes takotsubo ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #Cardiology
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
Parasternal LAX ... view with severe septal ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
(CM) range from ... Tachycardia (CPVT) • Short ... Myocarditis • Stress (Takotsubo ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
HOCM on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

85 yo s/p syncope. Here is the POCUS showing significant septal hypertrophy!
HOCM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... showing significant septal ... admission, he was diagnosed ... #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... PR HOCM- dagger ... Q lat>inf leads ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
She had gained 15 ... HR 74, JVP 15 cm ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
(consider AS, HOCM ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... 30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm ... Serial TTE and close ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... depression Takotsubo ... Cardiomyopathy: ... ventricle pacing lead ... #cardiology #ecg