8 results
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Angina Stress ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... Catheterization ... #Angina #ChestPain ... #Diagnosis #Management
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Intolerance, ↑ "Right ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization ... However, when the diagnosis ... wedge pressure) -right ... atrial pressure ... #Differential #Table
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... #Heart #Catheterization ... artery #catheter #diagnosis
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
• Paradoxical: Right ... Venous System/Right ... Heart, Via PFO ... Angiography or Cardiac ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... disproportionate atrial ... enlargement • MRI ... of the heart GI
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... Unstable Angina ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... stratification #diagnosis