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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina ... • Normal exercise ... changes on tele/ECG ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
close relative, ECG ... CAG normal. ... LV angio shown. ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... or echo/angiogram ... : Acute STEMI, Aortic ... T wave in V1 - normal ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Prinzmetal's Angina ... ST Elevation of Normal ... Post-cardioversion • Acute aortic ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... Unstable Angina ... medical and surgical management
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
cardiac diseases, ECG ... showed normal sinus ... pericardial effusion, CT ANGIO ... ruled out aortic ... the tear seen in Video
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
of pregnancy (e.g ... Presentation: • Mimics normal ... heart failure • Aortic ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology