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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Ask about: - Changes ... - History - EKG ... #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology ... #Angina
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... changes on tele/ECG ... • Can perform ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Associated with a critical ... of the proximal LAD ... history of recent angina ... #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... with history of angina ... without chest pain, as ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
close relative, ECG ... diagnosis was STEMI ... LV angio shown. ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #cathlab
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HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
Algorithm 1. ... current guidelines (eg ... recent PCl or ACS ... Enroll in HFpEF clinical ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... stratification #diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
often, the knee-jerk ... our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... similar where Cardiology ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
often, the knee-jerk ... our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #clinica
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... diagnosis but rather ... ECG is vital while ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment