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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 ... #diagnosis #management
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Atherosclerosis, Dissection ... Moyamoya, Blood Disorders ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... #neurology #treatment
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Thrombus, 1° clotting disorder ... Thrombus / Embolism: Cardiac ... Heart failure, Dissection ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... #algorithm
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Atherosclerosis) • Aortic dissection ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Viral ... : • Post-cardiac ... injury syndrome • Dissection ... #Cardiology
Ex-vivo angiography of a transplant heart. Further widening of the donor pool!

- James Nadel @jimmy_nardel

#Exvivo #angiography
transplant #heart #cardiac ... #thoracic #surgery ... #cts #clinical ... #cardiology
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
during ocular surgery ... and cardiac effects ... postoperative abdominal distention ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... in ophthalmic surgery
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... stratification #diagnosis
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
allowed the CV surgeon ... and standard treatment ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS