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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Echocardiogram A 55-year-old ... to workup right-heart ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
used in the ED setting ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... the ED to help focus ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... IPVDs Diagnostic Testing ... appear in left heart ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... 10 minutes of rest
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Limited laboratory testing ... (sick sinus syndrome ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... determine if stress test ... echo in the last year ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Fibrillation - Testing ... serum creatinine, test ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
components of: • Heart ... Large vessels (aorta ... arrhythmia • Heart ... Diagnosis: • Clinical tests ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management