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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
Complete AV Canal Defect on Echocardiogram

Among pts with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, those with Eisenmenger syndrome have
Among pts with Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... serum creatinine, test ... cardioversion 2. ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
palpable purpura 2/ ... 2 vasculitis, ulcers ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... differential #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... exam Determine Cardiac ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... 2. ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... disproportionate atrial
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
or diagnostic tests ... perfusion - Cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... hypertension? ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
other causes* 2. ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... and timing with Cardio-OB