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Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Unstable/cardiogenic shock ... New/worsening MR ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Inpatient #CathLab ... #Indications #Cardiac
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Classification of Shock ... Hypovolemic shock ... Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... Endocarditis - Post-MI ... Cardiogenic #Comparison #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... failure, acute MI ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... uw_IMresidency #Shock ... Differential #Diagnosis #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... Cardiac cath if ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... cardiology #clinica l#foamed
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... #criticalcare #foamed
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... during Delivery • Stable ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... by frame. ... Hemodynamically stable ... clinical tamponade of shock ... onco_cardiology #Cardiac