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Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
heart failure, Cardiomyopathy ... cardiac illness: Myocarditis ... injury, Stress cardiomyopathy ... Classification #diagnosis #cardiology ... #troponemia #NSTEMI
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... PERICARDITIS • MYOCARDITIS ... DRUGS/TOXIC ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Causes of Drug-Induced ... #Medications #Cardiomyopathy ... Differential #Causes #Cardiology ... #Pharmacology
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Streptococcal species, Treponema ... Churg-Strauss syndrome, Diabetes ... Thyrotoxicosis #Myocarditis ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Manifestations of cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... • Myocarditis ... • Toxicity (Drugs ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Idiopathic (i.e., Drug-Related ... Non-lnfiltrative: Idiopathic, Diabetic ... Cardiomyopathy, ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Myxoma - Peri-/myocarditis ... heart disease Diabetes ... Obesity - Alcohol, drugs ... Fibrillation #AFib #Cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... Drugs: Penicillin ... insulin-dependent diabetes ... • Drugs - Amphetamines ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Pericarditis/Myocarditis ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Sodium-channel blocking drugs ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Cardiac Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... Pericarditis or myocarditis ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... • Serotonergic drugs ... #Palpitations #Cardiology