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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Transportation - Organ Care ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
recently on the Organ Care ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
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 ... one post op Cardiology ... postoperative cardiac ... events or death (CARP
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of acute illness ... cardiac output. ... physiological response to acute ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... echocardiogram #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of acute illness ... cardiac output. ... physiological response to acute ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... #clinica l#foamed
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Transportation - Organ Care ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Blood cultures are ... Culture (+): Acute ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... acute coronary syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... regional ischemia, surgery ... perfusion - Cardiac ... output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Blood cultures are ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery