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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Epidemiology: • Rest ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... perform provocative tests ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... patient with a clinical ... worsened in head-hanging ... patient with a clinical ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... Stress Test ... ISCHEMIA #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Associated with a critical ... history of recent angina ... Inversion FOAMfrat Team ... Syndrome #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Differentials Diagnosis ... Physiology • Clinical ... Post-Operative Management ... Prognosis by Gina ... #management #cardiology
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
Angiography 55 year ... relative, ECG diagnosis ... LV angio shown. ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #cathlab
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
position with head hanging ... The test is positive ... toward the affected ear ... Maneuver #neurology #vertigo ... #bppv #management
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Pericarditis A 50-year-old ... evaluate her JVP (video ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
of the affected ear ... paroxysmal #positional #vertigo ... #instructions #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... is a skin prick test ... Giant retinal tears ... #management #signs