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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Terminology #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding ... #Classification ... #Table #CoreEM
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
#Cardiology #PPM ... Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding ... #Classification ... #Table
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
indications, the usual ... #management #algorithm ... #medications #table ... #decisionaid #cardiology ... hematology #warfarin #dosing
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
is a 10-point scale ... similar to APGAR: Crying ... ); Increased vital ... 1995) CRIES (Table ... in the ED, the clinician
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
>50 mmHg (2) (Table ... common problem in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
functional status - Able ... metabolic equivalent able ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... one post op Cardiology
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Desmoid - MSK Radiology ... MR is able to distinguish ... Cortical #Desmoid #clinical ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... ECG is vital while ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Anguished face but clinically ... completely stable ... Given usual progression ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... are typically able ... Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical