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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Etiology: • Direct ... Angiography or Cardiac ... , h/o of cardiac ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #differential #
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC) ... • Oxygenation defect
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... thrombus • Digoxin ... thrombin inhibitor ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... ) 48 year old woman ... are not POCUS: serial ... #A4C #clinical
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(4) All 4 cardiac ... (5) Layered clot ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
in Right Atrium ... - Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... echocardiogram #s4c
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... blood retum in serial ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Vascular Disease: Arterial ... Venous disease (SVC ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Behcet disease) Differential ... #management #signs
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... postoperative cardiac ... surgical management ... for select patients ... stratification #diagnosis