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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

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

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
Beating donor heart ... recently on the Organ Care ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of acute illness ... The heart consumes ... 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 ... The heart consumes ... physiological response to acute ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... #clinica l#foamed
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... - Structural heart ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... events or death (CARP
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ Care ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating
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 ... Decompensated Heart ... Cardiac cath if acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... regional ischemia, surgery ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... glycol - HIV/HAART
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