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If you take care of #AFib patients watch this AMAZING video captured during coronary bypass surgery.
watch this AMAZING video ... captured during coronary ... Fibrillation #AFib #CTS ... #thoracic #surgery ... #openheart
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... severe ischemia -> Coronary ... CTA (making clear ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... not for acute coronary
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Arterial (MCC-small ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... , myocarditis, coronary ... myocardial infarction, coronary ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Obtain femoral arterial ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac ... vessels other than CTO ... DCSI #Initiative #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... early Afib and pts ... TSH level (< 5% pts ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
effusions). 1/5 pts ... Coronary angiography ... artery disease ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... without contrast material ... day HEART - Coronary ... Tomography Angiography (CTA ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
specific • Chest CTA ... thromboembolic material ... have inoperable disease ... antagonist • BENEFiT Trial ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Valvular heart disease ... • Minority of Pts ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... • Preoperative coronary ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management