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Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
recommend cut-off values ... impaired and normal LV ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... are all of some value ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
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Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... are all of some value ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... thrombus, RV systolic ... should be done on diagnosis ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
identify left atrial thrombus ... serum creatinine, test ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... tests before beginning ... Hypovolemia - LV ... #typea #typeb #classification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... dysfunction or LV ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis