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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... video #beating #cardiac
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
recently on the Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... video #beating #cardiac ... Transportation #OCS #organ
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... video #beating #cardiac
Ex-vivo angiography of a transplant heart. Further widening of the donor pool!

- James Nadel @jimmy_nardel

#Exvivo #angiography
of a transplant heart ... fluoroscopy #transplant #heart ... #cardiac #thoracic ... #surgery #cts # ... clinical #cardiology
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
donor. 20min of no cardiac ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... video #beating #cardiac ... #organ
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... factors Calculate a HEART ... #cardiology #Angina
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Bradycardia Cardiac ... /Valve surgery ... • Heart block ... #cardiology #BRADI
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
who had recent cardiac ... surgery an enlargement ... of the heart figure ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... one post op Cardiology ... postoperative cardiac
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
The cardiac cycle ... describes each heart ... diastole and then to its ... the aortic valve closes ... #Pathophys #Cardiology