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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... : - Vascular ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... Stable #Angina #ChestPain ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
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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intolerance, chest pain ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... SatyaPatelMD #ChestPain ... #cardiology #Angina
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... for Crises in Anaesthesia ... include chest pain ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
, tachycardia, cardiac ... endotoxin induces vascular ... leading to organ ischemia ... jaundice and RUQ pain ... #Immunization #peds
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Early embolic/ischemic ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... Marfans, EDS ... disease • Cardiac ... Dissection #diagnosis #management ... #vascular
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Peripheral vascular ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm