Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical ... #Cardiology
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Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 โ€ข Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes โ€ข ... Clinical presentation ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... hypokinesia, associated pericarditis ... #Causes #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... = constrictive pericarditis ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
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Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Cardiac injury (e.g ... - related Medication ... Rheumatic fever #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis
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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
โ€ข Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
โ€ข Clinical presentation 
โ€ข Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance โ€ข Chest ... pain, pericarditis ... gallop โ€ข Abnormal ECG ... #Management #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... had gained 15 kg ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #cardiology
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Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... thatโ€™s called โ€œclinical ... #Cardiology #Neck
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Chest pain after AFib ablation. Whatโ€™s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
Chest pain after ... the most likely diagnosis ... MusaSharkawi #Clinical ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Pericarditis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... symptoms may include chest ... consultation with cardiology ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest