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HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
calculating the risk ... of a Major Adverse ... the ED to help focus ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardiovascular risk ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... • Moderate or severe ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... - Structural heart ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... proportional to heart ... with increased risk ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system