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Vasculitis Management - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines for Treatment & Management
 • Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
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• Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) • Takayasu's ... arteritis (TAK) ... Sources: GCA ... Management #Treatment #ACR2021
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Subacute bacterial endocarditis ... disease, Vasculitis (e.g ... Marfan syndrome, Takayasu's ... fever - Bacterial endocarditis ... , Takayasu's arteritis
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... Ankylosing Spondylitis, Takayasu ... , Takayasu Arteritis ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Active TAK not on
Takayasu's Arteritis ... High-dose daily oral GC ... MithuRheum #TAK #Takayasus ... #Arteritis #Vasculitis ... Management #Treatment #ACR2021
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... the Coronaries Takayasu's ... arteritis: - ... Oral and genital Sores ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
intracellular Ca ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... biphasic T waves - Short ... #Cardiology #Digitalis ... #ECG
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... , long P • ↑ Ca ... see below) • ↓ Ca ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Approach to ECGs ... 500 DANGER - Short ... <300-360 ms: ↑ca ... #Approach #ECG ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
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 ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Regurgitation • Colon CA ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
, inflammatory arthritis ... • Malignancy (e.g ... Endocrine disorders (e.g ... • Malar rash - spares ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis