5 results
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
- Ischemia MI ... Equivalents / Don't ... triple vessel disease ... #STEMI #Equivalents ... Interpretation #differential
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... of the leads l, aVL ... deviation) • Acute ischemia ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #differential #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Highest metabolic equivalent ... dependent DM ACS ... event, follow ACC ... indication of AC ... • <12mo since ACS
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... ., ACE/ARB) need
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... bone marrow or stem ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential