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Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
syndromes (e.g., long ... heart disease Causes ... may not occur Differential ... more intensive treatment ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... deteriorating on medical ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... patient’s complete medical ... or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... blood retum in serial ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Liver function tests ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Revascularization, treatment
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

50's male CAP on Day 4 Zpak but worsening-fever, congestion, cough. BP
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Medical ACS plus ... exercise echo stress test ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... the “Chewing gum test ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
pathway that can cause ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... This includes long ... #cardiology #differential