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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Elevated troponin • Cardiogenic ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Anaphylaxis - Spinal ... neurogenic shock) Cardiogenic ... - Severe heart ... Classification #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... pressure, pallor Cardiogenic ... failure): • Severe heart ... failure, acute MI ... #table #comparison
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
ECG has been stable ... Cardiac MR shows ... no LGE and no apical ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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mortality in inferior MI ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
myxedema, beriberi CARDIOGENIC ... decompensated heart ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #Types #diagnosis ... warm #wet #dry #table
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
you're "having a heart ... ECG has been stable ... Cardiac MR shows ... no LGE and no apical ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table