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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Tests: ECG, Telemetry ... , Brain MRI, Cardiac ... stress test - ... #diagnosis #workup
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Workup Cost-effective ... • Ambulatory ECG ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... stress testing ... #diagnosis #workup
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... 85% of predicted value ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... #Testing #cardiology
Algorithm for choosing the appropriate candidate for stress testing in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
Algorithm for choosing ... candidate for stress ... testing in patients ... metabolic equivalent; ECG ... Shows the diagnosis
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm • ... Post-Coronarv): Stress ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
dependent DM ACS ... algorithm to determine ... one post op Cardiology ... • <12mo since ACS ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... #management #cardiology