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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Resonance Imaging (MRI ... #Contrast #CT #MRI ... #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... failure): • Severe heart ... failure, acute MI ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
Major Adverse Cardiac ... the ED to help focus ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Cardiogenic: Acute MI ... , Acute Heart Failure ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... of the resting cardiac ... workloads on the heart ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... of the resting cardiac ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical