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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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Cardiomyopathy ... • Establish diagnosis ... #Cardiomyopathy ... #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... (HOCM) - Diagnosis ... #Cardiomyopathy ... #HOCM #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden Cardiac ... Arrest Primary ... heart disease: Hypertrophic ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
Hypertrophic Obstructive ... Cardiomyopathy: ... Heart #Murmur #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #HOCM
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
a patient with Hypertrophic ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiomyopathy ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 - Sudden death in a
Factors for Sudden Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy ... #HOCM #RiskFactors ... #Death #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
HOCM on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

85 yo s/p syncope. Here is the POCUS showing significant septal hypertrophy!
HOCM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... admission, he was diagnosed ... #hypertrophic # ... cardiomyopathy # ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... accumulation, & cardiac ... Cardiomyopathies: • Hypertrophic ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
regurgitation; HOCM ... , hypertrophic obstructive ... cardiomyopathy; ... Maneuvers #Heart #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
(consider AS, HOCM ... cardiomyopathy ... associated with sudden cardiac ... Syncope #EKG #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology