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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... enzymes, Head CT ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... , Cardiac stress ... #table #comparison
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... /MRI ($$$$) CORE ... #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Echocardiogram • Head CT ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... • EEG • Cardiac ... stress testing ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... op Cardiology ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
CARDIAC RIND Mnemonic for Causes of Pericarditis

C - Collagen vascular disease - SLE, RA, Scleroderma, Vasculitis,
Vasculitis, etc A - Aorta ... infarction - Post-MI ... fever - Group A Strep ... Syndrome - Delayed post-MI ... #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 ... repaired using felt strips
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 ... CCTA #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta