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Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
Causes of Syncope ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Aortic Stenosis • Hypertrophic ... Obstructive Cardiomyopathy ... • Pulmonary Embolus
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... Hypertension, LV ... hypertrophy • ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Pulmonary embolus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... blood from the LV ... output causes increases ... • PULMONARY A ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... etiologies • Hypertrophic ... cardiomyopathy ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... spleen • Fecal fat measurements
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Left Ventricular Hypertrophy ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... - Short QT LV
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... obstructive cardiomyopathy ... Epsilon #clinical #diagnosis ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #differential #echocardiogram