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A 27-year-old man with a 2-year history of recurrent, painful skin lesions. A diagnosis of hidradenitis
A diagnosis of hidradenitis ... Clinical #Derm #IM ... #Hidradenitis # ... HidradenitisSuppurativa
Cardiac etiologies of syncope (red line above) have the highest associated mortality! #EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology
Cardiac etiologies ... highest associated mortality ... #EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Syncope #Survivial #Cardiac ... #Mortality #ALiEM
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
The Death of MONA in ACS: Part IV – Aspirin provides protection against cardiovascular events (reinfarction,
(reinfarction, cardiac ... reduce all cause mortality ... #EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology
The guide catheter was deliberately not engaged with the left main artery, as an occlusion was
indicative of poor cardiac ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #Angiogram
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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and in-hospital mortality ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... for in-hospital mortality ... much as 40% in cardiac ... catheter #diagnosis #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Traditionally: No mortality ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Diagnosis • Cardiac ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
experience recovery of cardiac ... - Up to 20% mortality ... recovery, and mortality ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology