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ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
• Aortic Valve Stenosis ... #Valvular #Stenosis ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Echocardiography Guidelines ... Evaluation of Valvular ... Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines ... Causes: thrombus ... removal – consult vascular ... Reference Handbook - Guidelines ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
, LAA Thrombus), ... multiple coronary vascular ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Bradycardia - Guidelines ... remember to tailor treatment ... Reference Handbook - Guidelines ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... Management #Workup #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... detect possible valvular ... severe mitral stenosis ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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• S - Saddle anesthesia ... Differential Diagnosis ... Multilevel lumbar stenosis ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
or dilated) • Valvular ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... Patients with valvular ... one post op Cardiology ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... stratification #diagnosis