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ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... Stress Test ... #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... Management #Algorithm #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... Stable/Unstable Angina ... - Non-lschemic ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
, Unstable Angina ... demand in the setting ... at rest or progresses ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram
70s F with acute dyspnoea, no pain. POCUS in ER- What's your
Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram ... nor typical of ischaemic ... Still needs angio ... Angio demonstrated ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
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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 ... determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... surgery Stress Testing
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... #echocardiogram
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 ... Fibrillation - Testing ... serum creatinine, test ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram

This 70yo male presents with sob. He is in a left lateral decub
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Which diagnosis best ... /o vomiting in setting ... Pneumopericardium #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
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GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
Normal stress test ... Repeat stress testing ... further diagnostic testing ... recommended #ChestPain ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
Pharmacologic stress testing ... with unstable angina ... significantly worse on echocardiogram ... exercise stress test ... candidates for testing