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ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... Angina Stress Test ... Stable #Angina #ChestPain ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... serum creatinine, test ... for DM Atrial ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stratification #ChestPain
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
of the cardiac valves ... is best determined ... enlargement of the left atrium ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... serial blood cultures ... are all of some value ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... serial blood cultures ... are all of some value ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
Normal stress test ... years - No further diagnostic ... recommended #ChestPain ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology ... #management
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
second troponin test ... single troponin value ... a provocative test ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain