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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Testing and Evaluation ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... #testing #Cost ... Effectiveness #table
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... stress testing ... #diagnosis #workup ... #testing #Cost
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... pancreatitis, post-cardiac ... Renal Losses(salt-wasting ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... they have one post ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... during Delivery • Stable ... support for patients clinically ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... renal failure Clinical ... 40%); fatigue(→ post-sarcoidosis ... neuropathy or cardiac ... cardiomyopathy) and syncope
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
Intraoperative Cardiac ... them Following a syncope ... brought to the ER, stable ... MI free wall rupture ... cardiothoracic #surgery #clinical