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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Clinical presentation ... , Cardiac failure ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... #cardiology #MRI
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
quadrant: R/O cardiac ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... syndrome #Diffuse
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Increased Requirement (e.g ... • Small Bowel ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Causes #Hematology
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... #Syncope #Cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Post-cardiac ... injury syndrome ... #Causes #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Source: Fanaroff AC ... : The Rational Clinical ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Algorithm that ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... limb ischemia, bowel ... unless worrisome EKG ... with tetany or cardiac ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Cardiac Fibroma on Echocardiogram (a4c)

32yo asymptomatic male referred to clinics due to a "funny" ECG. 
Dx:
Cardiac Fibroma ... Echocardiogram (a4c ... due to a "funny" ECG ... #Fibroma #a4c # ... #cardiology #pocus
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm