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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
chest leads Cardiac ... MRI: https://www.grepmed.com ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
(no B-lines on ultrasound ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Revascularization, treatment ... for acute MI if ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Cardiac: • LVH ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... enlargement • MRI
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... time for coronary perfusion ... “one size fits all ... #echocardiogram ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
) and initiate treatment ... receptor antagonist (MRA ... after 4 cycles for all ... dose, continuous infusion ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology