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Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Left Main Coronary ... “Mother of all ... coronary thrombi ... from LMCA into aortic ... Angiogram #CathLab #clinical
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Source: Fanaroff AC ... Patient With Chest Pain ... : The Rational Clinical ... #Cardiology #ACS
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... - Diagnostic Likelihood ... Patient With Chest Pain ... : The Rational Clinical ... #Cardiology #ACS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Vascular: - Aortic ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... #Causes #Cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
most support her diagnosis ... septal motion, all ... #InTransit #clinical ... #ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #a4c #mcconnells
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... (ACS) Definitions ... ruptures and a thrombus ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ACS #Unstable
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... Diffuse spasm of epicardial ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
indicative of left main ... ST elevation in ACS ... atrial injury from pericardial ... includes ACS vs ... aVR instead of ACS
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... Adults Current ACC ... stenosis (AS) as ... common problem in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
dependent DM ACS ... event, follow ACC ... Change in clinical ... indication of AC ... • <12mo since ACS