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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • Clinical ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology ... #MRI
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Cardiovascular MRI ... Clinical • ... Elevated troponin • Cardiogenic ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Unstable/cardiogenic ... New/worsening MR ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Indications #Cardiac ... catheterization #cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... - Acute HF, Cardiogenic ... Low voltage Treatment ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... 4 categories: cardiogenic ... Problem (↓ CO): • CARDIOGENIC ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... pancreatitis, post-cardiac
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
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 ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Mobile Aortic Thrombi - Gated aortic magnetic resonance imaging revealed four intraaortic thrombi (arrows) attached to
synchrony with the cardiac ... cycle #Clinical ... #Radiology #MRI ... MobileThrombi #NEJM
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... are typically able ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
ECG has been stable ... Cardiac MR shows ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus