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Cardiac CTA showing Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Thickening of all the leaflets.

Dr. Daniel Lorenzatti @danilorenzatti

#Endocarditis #AorticValve #Aorta #Clinical
Cardiac CTA showing Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... Thickening of all ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Clinical #Radiology
Aortic Stenosis & Bicuspid Aortic Valve (AS)
 • Introduction & Pathophysiology
 • Classifications
 • Epidemiology
 •
manifestations • Radiologic ... /Diagnostic findings ... Pre-operative Management ... Post-operative Management ... Stenosis #Bicuspid #AorticValve
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
a plane shows all ... jchristianfox #AorticValve ... #Aorta #mercedes ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Diagnosis? ... block, annular or aortic ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... #causes #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... • Mitchell et al ... • Infective Endocarditis
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... Ao, aorta; DTI, ... from Harjola et al ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
Coronary Syndrome (ACS ... the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... “one size fits all ... #diagnosis #management