Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 β€’ Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
of LV Non-compaction ... other coexisting cardiac ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Ultrasound
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Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... hypertension Pericardial ... - Effusion ECG ... #Sarcoidosis #Cardiology ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 β€’ Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Definition and Diagnostic ... Criteria Acute ... depression on ECG ... CMR). ... #criteria #cardiology
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
filling (impaired LV ... compliance), ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria ... #Table #Assessment
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... indicated, start CPR ... β€’ Diagnostic ... to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
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Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... Increases in RAP or pericardial ... much as 40% in cardiac ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 β€’ Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... during Delivery β€’ Stable ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
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