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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 ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
PERICARDITIS • MYOCARDITIS ... DRUGS/TOXIC ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
Tachycardia - Differential ... catecholamine induced, myocarditis ... Antiarrhythmic Drugs ... #Tachycardia #Differential ... Algorithm #WCT #cardiology
Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Causes of Drug-Induced ... Cardiomyopathies #Differential ... #Causes #Cardiology ... #Pharmacology
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
Drugs: Penicillin ... insulin-dependent diabetes ... • Drugs - Amphetamines ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential ... Hyperthyroidism • Diabetes ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Chronic #Fatigue #Differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... renal disease Drugs ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... infarction • Myocarditis ... #Bradycardia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy • Myocarditis ... • Toxicity (Drugs ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential