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The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore ... #MACE #Stratification ... #ChestPain
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Score #RISK #MACE ... #ChestPain
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
(+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... SatyaPatelMD #ChestPain ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sex: female > male ... (e.g. incidental ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... neuropathy or cardiac ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
the surgery to make ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis