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LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
LAD Coronary Artery ... /Sept STEMI on EKG ... Dissection #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... muscle relaxation & coronary ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Stable Angina Stress ... severe ischemia -> Coronary ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... not for acute coronary ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
sync with the cardiac ... IABP improves coronary ... • Triggers (EKG ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Coronary Ostium Obstruction by Aortic Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram
Aortic intimal flap may alternately obstruct right and
Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram ... elevations in different ECG ... dissection #a4c #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... Cardiology cannot ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
EKG nonspecific, ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... HCM #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... • Preoperative coronary ... medical and surgical management