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Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Algorithm Unequal ... Atherosclerosis) • Aortic dissection ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
with possible Acute ... the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... of the resting cardiac ... Even during the ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... of the resting cardiac ... Even during the ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Cataract Plan ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
woman in ICU for acute ... What are the next POCUS ... consider contrast agent ... tests are not POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... coronary artery dissection ... chemotherapeutic agents ... experience recovery of cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
Eosinophilia may play ... Phase • Acute ... Thromboembolic events ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis