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ASD and Bidirectional Shunt on Cardiac CTA
Cardiac CTA ASD with “artistic rendering” of a bidirectional shunt.
ASD and Bidirectional ... ASD with “artistic ... CCTA for chest pain ... ASD size and shape ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #diagnosis
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... : • EKG • Bedside ... ultrasound • CXR
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
chest pain - ... heart sounds, JVD and ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Catheterization Cheat ... pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... Visualmed #RHC ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... • Provoked (e.g ... - No other workup ... CBC, aPTT, +/- CXR ... #hematology #diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
symptoms may include chest ... Consider invasive arterial ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... flip-flopping in the chest ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... Other tests: • CT chest ... recent DAN) • EMG
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Prosthetic valve • Congenital ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... cardiac output estimates ... Catheterization #RHC ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz