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Replacement Heart Valves - Mechanical and Bioprosthetic
Mechanical Valves:
 • Ball and Cage Valves: Hufnagel Caged Ball
Replacement Heart Valves ... Ball and Cage Valves ... Hufnagel Caged Ball Valve ... Silastic Ball Valve ... Discontinued • Tilting
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
Prosthetic Heart Valves ... Targets Mechanical Valve ... • Any mitral valve ... current-generation single-tilting ... 2.5: • Aortic valve
Cardiac Valve Replacement - Anticoagulation INR Targets and Antiplatelet by Valve Type

Bioprosthetic valves require at least
Cardiac Valve Replacement ... Antiplatelet by Valve ... Bioprosthetic valves ... bioprosthetic valve ... #Management #Cardiology
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... suppressed PTH values ... calcium-creatinine ratio cutoff value ... Thus, further testing ... #Differential #Algorithm
Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Etiology
 • Severity and Grading
 • Management

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Aortic #Valve #Stenosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis ... and Grading • Management ... DharSaty #Aortic #Valve ... AS #diagnosis #management
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... mechanical cardiac valve ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup #hematology ... #testing
Starr-Edwards Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacements on Fluoroscopy
This is a cardiac cath on a patient with
Aortic and Mitral Valve ... Starr-Edwards valves ... - caged ball valves ... until the tilting ... disc type valves
Antenatal Visits - Testing and Schedule
At Every Visit:	
 • Gestational Age	
 • BP
 • Maternal Weight
Protein Blood Work ... Stillbirth GDM Management ... - GDM if ≥1 value ... Well-being GBS Testing ... Antenatal #Visits #Testing
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... infection Native Valve ... lugdunensis Native Valve ... Culture-negative Prosthetic Valve ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic Valve
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
mask uses a small valve ... The venturi valves ... have two one-way valves ... Delivery #Devices #management