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HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
further workup and treatment ... risk of a Major Adverse ... the ED to help focus ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart ... absorption and iron release ... Diagnosis: ... functional ID) Treatment ... #management #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
in Congestive Heart ... Exercise capacity Diagnosis ... depot iron] Treatment ... #Failure #CHF #pharmacology ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... • Treatment for ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... mild diastolic reversal ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Valvular heart ... • Hypertensive heart ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... e.g., PE, right heart ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
interval ≥ 120 ms ... proportional to heart ... • U waves = severe ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system