Myocarditis: eMedicine Cardiology

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Myocarditis: eMedicine Cardiology

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Overview: Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical presentation, from subtle to devastating. It is diagnosed by established histologic, immunologic, and immunochemical criteria. Myocarditis is described as an inflammatory infiltrate ...

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Tags: Allergy and Immunology, Heart, Heart Disease, Myocarditis, Disease and Condition, Cardiology

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Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 7:02 pm By:

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Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium. It may be mild or devastating. Learn its causes. http://bit.ly/d3fHVw

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YouTube - Myocarditis & Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Young Athletes

youtube.com — “Sports Injury Forum -Michael DeFranco MD | Guest - Michael LaCorte MD Pediatric Cardiology | Director of Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Cent...View full resource at youtube.com

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VIDEO: Myocarditis & Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Young Athletes http://youtu.be/FTyYBXsWa-s

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Internal Medicine Article - Heart Failure

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Interest of (beta)-blockers in patients with right ventricular systemic dysfunction: Cardiology in the Young http://bit.ly/dxOr3e #medicine

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Tetralogy of Fallot: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is one of the most common congenital heart disorders (CHDs). TOF is classified as a cyanotic heart disorder because the condition results in an inadequate flow of oxygenated blood to the systemic circulation. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Cardiology News & Articles - MDLinx - Myocarditis on #MDlinx

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Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Differential Diagnoses & Workup - eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Diagnosis: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a common clinical condition, is any tachyarrhythmia that requires atrial and/or atrioventricular (AV) nodal tissue for its initiation and maintenance. It is usually a narrow-complex tachycardia that has a regular, rapid rhythm; exceptions ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Many times HR & PR interval alone are used to differentiate SVT - not important as symp to watch for #nurses http://tinyurl.com/259fb4o

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Cardiology News & Articles - MDLinx

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Normal coronary angiography and primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST elevation myocard... http://bit.ly/cgkic6 #cardio #mdlinx

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Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Second-degree atrioventricular (AV) block is characterized by disturbance, delay, or interruption of impulse conduction through the AV node. This excludes block due to premature atrial beats. The AV block can be permanent or transient, depending on ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Predicting Late Myocardial Recovery and Outcomes in the Early Hours of ST-Segment Elevation Myocard... http://bit.ly/alOEPi #cardio #mdlinx

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mdlinx.com — “Update on myocarditis in childrenView full resource at mdlinx.com

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Myocarditis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Myocarditis is clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation of myocytes resulting from infectious, toxic, and autoimmune etiologies. Ongoing viral infection, myocardial destruction, and adverse remodeling can lead to persistent ventricular dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy.Myocarditis is an elusive ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Myocarditis is defined as inflammatory changes in the heart muscle. Learn more about myocarditis. http://bit.ly/aAWpu5

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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Cardiomyopathies are an important and heterogeneous group of diseases. The concept of heart muscle disease has a notable and evolving history. In the mid 1850s, chronic myocarditis was the only recognized cause of heart muscle disease. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged cannot pump blood efficiently. http://bit.ly/dh8Tlw

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Tricuspid Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Tricuspid valve dysfunction can result from morphological alterations in the valve or from functional aberrations of the myocardium. Tricuspid stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin and is generally accompanied by mitral and aortic valve involvement.View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Tricuspid stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin. What are other causes and possible symptoms? http://bit.ly/aWubkT

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Pulmonic Regurgitation: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The pulmonic valve is normally a thin tricuspid structure that prevents blood from regurgitating into the right ventricle once ejected into the low-pressure pulmonary circulation. Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle during diastole. http://bit.ly/bPIsVD

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Mitral Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Mitral stenosis (MS) is characterized by obstruction to left ventricular inflow at the level of mitral valve due to structural abnormality of the mitral valve apparatus. The most common cause of mitral stenosis is rheumatic fever. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Commonly caused by rheumatic fever, mitral stenosis is a progressive disease. What you should know. http://bit.ly/9XVGr6

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Libman-Sacks Endocarditis: eMedicine Cardiology

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Endocarditis as a result of systemic lupus erythematosus? Yes. Libman-Sacks endocarditis. What you should know. http://bit.ly/7jRL0x

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