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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Anticoagulant Therapy after PCI (patients with AFib)
Dual-Therapy Preferred:
 • Triple therapy = increased bleeding
- Bleeding risk ... outweighed ischemic ... all patients in clinical ... #pharmacology #management ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... • New ischemia ... cardiovascular risk ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
ICU for acute ischemic ... PMHx recent CHF, ... What are the next POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
ICU for acute ischemic ... PMHx recent CHF, ... What are the next POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
not have obvious ischemia ... Clinical Utility ... : • Syncope evaluation ... • Risk stratification ... #cardiology #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... , with ensuing ischemia ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management