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Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Connective tissue disorder ... disease • Cardiac ... surgery/catheterization ... • Thoracic ... opiates • Control heart
Heart Donor Transplant Transportation

Hanin Alashi, CCP @iNeena

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS #clinical #video #beating #cardiac
Heart Donor Transplant ... Transplant #Donor #thoracic ... #surgery #CTS # ... clinical #video #beating ... #cardiac #OCS
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

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

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

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Heart Transplant ... Shah @AshShahMD #Heart ... #surgery #CTS # ... clinical #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #Cardiology #Differential
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 ... Transplant #Donor #thoracic ... #surgery #CTS # ... clinical #video #beating ... #cardiac #organ
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
• Congenital disorders ... Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... /Valve surgery ... • Heart block ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... upper abdominal/thoracic