3 results
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Consider BiPAP (vS intubation ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... • Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... May have typical HF ... #cardiology #treatment
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology