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Combining anticoagulants and antiplatelets #Management #PrimaryCare #Cardiology #Antiplatelet #DOAC #Anticoagulation #Combination #BMJ
antiplatelets #Management ... #PrimaryCare #Cardiology ... Antiplatelet #DOAC #Anticoagulation ... #Combination #BMJ
Comprehensive use of different electrocardiogram recording strategies for the diagnosis of palpitations #Diagnosis #Management #PrimaryCare #Cardiology
palpitations #Diagnosis #Management ... #PrimaryCare #Cardiology ... #Palpitations #Algorithm ... #BMJ
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Guideline for the Management ... Task Force on Clinical ... #CHF #guideline ... #ACCAHA2017 #cardiology ... #treatment #algorithm
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Decompensated HF ... Anticoagulation ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Specific Signs: elevated ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology ... #sCHF
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... Troponin may be elevated ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf
Possible approach to empiric anticoagulation in COVID-19

Is D-dimer above '"1,000-2,000 ng/ml?
Contraindication to anticoagulation?
Check fibrinogen level and/or
approach to empiric anticoagulation ... level is normal or elevated ... Internet Book of Critical ... #COVID19 #management ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Anticoagulation ... one post op Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
reaction to an elevated ... our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical