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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Epidemiology: • Rest ... angina attributed ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... perform provocative tests ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... at rest or progresses ... rapidly over a short ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Stable Angina ... Stress Test -> ... acute coronary syndrome ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... Management #Algorithm #Cardiology
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Wellens Syndrome ... history of recent angina ... FOAMfrat #Wellens #Syndrome ... #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T ... lesion Typically with ... history of angina ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Lincoln Sign in Aortic Regurgitation

Lincoln sign is the medical sign consisting of excessive popliteal artery pulsation
Lincoln Sign in ... is the medical sign ... with Marfan syndrome ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #clinical #cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... - Diagnostic Likelihood ... Does This Patient With ... #Cardiology #ACS ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #Symptoms #Signs
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... What’s the diagnosis ... biventeicular failure with ... physicalexam #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... Still useful for diagnosis ... of CHF with reasonable ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #VolumeStatus #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
demonstrated in the video ... Most likely diagnosis ... small blue-colored spot ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology