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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Infiltrative: Amyloidosis ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... accumulation, & cardiac ... systemic (multiorgan) disorders ... Infiltrative (Amyloidosis ... #diagnosis #differential
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Parasternal long axis (PLAX ... Has new large pericardial ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... • Malignancy (e.g ... Primary systemic amyloidosis ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Group of disorders ... Clinical suspicion ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Testing: • EKG
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Has new large pericardial ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PSAX
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Cardiac ... • Infiltrative disorders ... , amyloidosis) ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - PLAX ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Electrolyte Disorders ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram