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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - Cardiac ... Hypovolemia - LV ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Short-Axis View (PSAX ... MRI, CT TAP are all ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... exam Determine Cardiac ... algorithm to determine ... dysfunction or LV ... Change in clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... may benefit from LV ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Prehosp ACLS-Asystole ... fine quivering of LV ... Fibrillation #VFib #PSAX ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... of Systole, the LV ... “one size fits all ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... of Systole, the LV ... “one size fits all ... #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare