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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 for Chest ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore ... Stratification #ChestPain
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Anticoagulation #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #Cardiology #Management
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Source: Fanaroff AC ... This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain ... #Cardiac
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain ... #Cardiac #Predictors
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
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
object strikes the chest ... and ventricular fibrillation ... T wave in the cardiac ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #Sudden #Cardiac
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... , Symptoms and Management ... leads) - atrial fibrillation ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation ... patient with atrial fibrillation ... and ACC/AHA/HRS ... CHEST recommends ... CHADS2VASC #Score #Management
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... Stable #Angina #ChestPain ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Cardiac Valve Replacement - Anticoagulation INR Targets and Antiplatelet by Valve Type

Bioprosthetic valves require at least
Cardiac Valve Replacement ... monotherapy (2017 AHA/ACC ... chronic atrial fibrillation ... valve (2017 AHA/ACC ... #Management #Cardiology