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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Diagnosis and Causes ... • Clinical presentation ... Cardiogenic ventricular arrythmia ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... #cardiology #MRI
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
• Inherited arrhythmia ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... capture of the atria ... • Atrial fibrillation ... #differential #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... : • Cardiomyopathy ... Valvular disease (e.g ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Trypanosoma cruzi Reactivation in the Brain- ...Magnetic resonance images of the brain showed a mass measuring
kinetoplasts (masses ... on the basis of partial ... #clinical #NEJM ... reactivation #brain #MRI ... #radiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... shock and severe arrhythmias ... Serial TTE and close
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
EKG nonspecific, ... Serial trops (- ... elevated LVEDP ==> MRI ... #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... abnormalities, arrhythmia ... disproportionate atrial ... enlargement • MRI
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... labile BP and arrythmias ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... axonal form • MRI
Haglund Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The Haglund Deformity (enlarged superior margin calcaneal posterior process)
Syndrome - MSK Radiology ... posterior process) • Partial ... Case description ... 11 mm TV, 7mm CC ... #mri #clinical
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
pathway that can cause ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... segment • Epsilon #clinical ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... #cardiology #differential