7 results
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Testing and Evaluation ... enzymes, Head CT ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... #table #comparison
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... /MRI ($$$$) CORE ... #cardiology #management
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 ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... completely stable ... #cardiology #pocus
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
made by a CT scan ... The diagnosis can ... as well as an MRA ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical ... #cardiology #radiology
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 ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
brought to the ER, stable ... pericardial effusion, CT ... ANGIO ruled out aortic ... MI free wall rupture ... cardiothoracic #surgery #clinical