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Vasculitis Management - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines for Treatment & Management
 • Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
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Vasculitis Management ... Cell Arteritis (GCA ... ) • Takayasu's ... Sources: GCA ... #Treatment #ACR2021
Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Active TAK not on
Takayasu's Arteritis ... ) - Vasculitis Management ... MithuRheum #TAK #Takayasus ... Arteritis #Vasculitis #Management ... #Treatment #ACR2021
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
, long P • ↑ Ca ... see below) • ↓ Ca ... Checklist #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #differential
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... intracellular Ca ... biphasic T waves - Short ... Digoxin #effect #Electrocardiogram ... #EKG #Cardiology
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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the Coronaries Takayasu's ... Oral and genital Sores ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
500 DANGER - Short ... <300-360 ms: ↑ca ... antidepressants, TCA ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
ST elevation: Differential ... antidepressant (TCA ... #leadAVR #ecg #electrocardiogram ... diagnosis #ekg #differential ... #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
deWinter T waves - starts ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI ... Interpretation #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Gastric & Ovarian CA ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Osborne waves - Short ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram