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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Heart Transplant ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation ... #OCS #organ
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
hospitalized for heart ... patients after cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Clinical #JVP ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Heart Transplant ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
donor. 20min of no cardiac ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #organ
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... unconscious, signs of cardiac ... risk factors for cardiac ... ❶ Call for cardiac ... anaesthesia #Cardiac
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
leftward shift of the cardiac ... displacement of the heart ... #CMRI #cardiology ... #chest #radiology ... #clinical
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
presenting with chest ... disease • Cardiac ... surgery/catheterization ... Pulse deficit/differential ... opiates • Control heart
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... loss • Myalgias Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG