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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 ... Management #Treatment #ACR2021
Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Active TAK not on
Takayasu's Arteritis ... (TAK) - Vasculitis ... 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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the Coronaries Takayasu's ... multiplex ANCA vasculitis ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... 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
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... intracellular Ca ... biphasic T waves - Short ... Digoxin #effect #Electrocardiogram ... #EKG #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
, long P • ↑ Ca ... - short QT, Osborn ... see below) • ↓ Ca ... Checklist #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
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
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 ... valvular disease • Vasculitis ... Regurgitation • Colon CA ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Gastric & Ovarian CA ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... valvular disease • Vasculitis ... Regurgitation • Colon CA ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology