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Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Coronary Artery Thrombus ... ”. 55 year old ... Cardiogenic shock, ECG ... #LMCA #Angiogram ... CathLab #clinical #cardiology
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Angiography 55 year ... close relative, ECG ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS 78 year ... of chest pain ECG ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
ruptures and a thrombus ... pain occurs at rest ... plaque rupture and thrombus ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
The guide catheter was deliberately not engaged with the left main artery, as an occlusion was
main and a large thrombus ... comment: There is near ... Clinical #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #Angiogram #LeftMainOcclusion
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... with Cardio-OB team ... multi-disciplinary team ... with Cardio-OB team ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... Liver function tests ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Nephrotoxins (e.g ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... identify left atrial thrombus ... serum creatinine, test ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Cardiac Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... echo in the last year ... one post op Cardiology