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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... , Symptoms and Management ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #Staging
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
leftward shift of the cardiac ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... in a posterior position ... pericardium #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
leftward shift of the cardiac ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... in a posterior position ... CardiacMRI #CMRI #cardiology ... #chest #radiology
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
- Oval Shaped Cardiac ... vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
and the calcium sign ... is considered a positive ... calcium sign and ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
(i.e. entirely positive ... axis") — QRS is positive ... - Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... #ekg #cardiology
EKG with Cerebral T Waves in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

ECG of a 45-year-old man who suddenly collapsed to
EKG with Cerebral ... the ground in cardiac ... after 2 rounds of CPR ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... Hemorrhage #SAH #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary