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Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
Pericarditis on ... ST elevation (< ... Normalization Spodick's sign ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Pericarditis ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
- Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Pericarditis can be seen on EKG with diffuse ST elevations without reciprocal changes along with diffuse
be seen on EKG ... with diffuse ST ... in refractory cases ... #Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
chest pain ... new widespread ST-elevation ... depression on ECG ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... #criteria #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive Pericarditis ... blue marks on her chest ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #Cardiology
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
or pericarditis ... life-threatening causes ... #Signs #Presentation ... #comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : 'signet ring sign ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... pain, pericarditis ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... #Management #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Aneurysm • Pericarditis ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
ECG characteristics of early repolarization
 - The ST segment elevations are concave and most pronounced in
repolarization - The ST ... pronounced in the chest ... In case of chest ... , the level of ST ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology