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Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
balloon counter-pulsation ... sync with the cardiac ... The thick-walled LV ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... Ao, aorta; DTI, ... , left atrium; LV ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
upper sternal border ... revealed moderate aortic ... denotes left atrium, LV ... clinical #doppler #radiology ... mitral #stenosis #cardio
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Metastatic disease and tumor ... block, annular or aortic ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... diagnosis #algorithm #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... dysfunction or LV ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... other things are being ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... other things are being ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
study of 200 solid-tumor ... revealed 19% had cardiac ... on mitral and aortic ... Endocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology