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Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
and long-term complications ... They cause the vast ... The risk then rapidly ... remodeling can cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... showed reduced risk ... endpoint of all-cause ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
What are some causes ... What are the risk ... FreeWall #Rupture #cardiology ... #complications
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... • Sepsis Complications ... with an increased risk ... • Increased risk ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... May have typical HF ... • Minority of Pts ... Thromboembolic complications ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... any modifiable risk ... adverse events or complications ... disease b) CHF ... one post op Cardiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... direction using risk ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... Classification #Stages #Classes
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
dyspnea, orthopnea/PND ... confirm high-output HF ... Workup for cause ... EtOH causes thiamine ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Arthritis) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... • PVNS/Giant Cell ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... diagnosis #msk #rheumatology