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HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... used in the ED setting ... further workup and treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology ... Stratification #ChestPain
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Non-culture-based tests ... • Molecular Tests ... susceptibility testing ... Line Targeted Treatment ... Diseases Consults • Echocardiogram
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations

Always interpret a RHC based on the indication for getting the test. This
Interpreting Right Heart ... indication for getting ... the test. ... PulmPEEPs #Right #Heart ... #hypertension #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
alterations in the setting ... The heart consumes ... only 5% of the resting ... #echocardiogram ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Heart Failure (HFrEF ... ) Treatment - GDMT ... patients with Heart ... GDMT is basically getting ... #StageC #Cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis Diagnostic Testing ... Blood Tests: ... typing Cardiac Testing ... : • EKG • Echocardiogram ... • MRI of the heart
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
IPVDs Diagnostic Testing ... appear in left heart ... 10 minutes of rest ... ) on room air Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Severe Heart Failure ... Liver function tests ... and refractory heart ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... determine if stress test ... - Structural heart ... one post op Cardiology ... surgery Stress Testing