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Large atrial septal defect on cardiac POCUS with an oddly satisfying bubble study.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
Large atrial septal ... defect on cardiac ... oddly satisfying bubble ... #Study #ASD #Atrial ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Cardiac Valve Replacement - Anticoagulation INR Targets and Antiplatelet by Valve Type

Bioprosthetic valves require at least
Cardiac Valve Replacement ... monotherapy (2017 AHA/ACC ... patients with chronic atrial ... valve (2017 AHA/ACC ... #Management #Cardiology
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation for Atrial ... a patient with atrial ... We have 2 current ... ACC/AHA/HRS. ... CHADS2VASC #Score #Management
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Infection • Dose > 2 ... Gy • Onset <2 ... • Onset Hours Cardio ... lethal - MH/CCF ... Toxicity #diagnosis #management
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
high voltage Cardiac ... immediate, prior to ED arrival ... may be severe and ... especially with AC ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(2) Lvef 25-30% ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinically be in CHF ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
clinical suspicion 2. ... Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... agent, steroids, AC ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF ... wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... cardioversion 2. ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Management Summary ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
GLP-1 Medications: Ozempic vs. Trulicib (semaglutide vs. dulaglutide) 

From my experience, Ozempic and Trulicity are the
The SUSTAIN7 trial ... significantly better A1c ... additional -0.3% A1c ... only for type 2 ... have ASCVD or HF