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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... , Cardiac enzymes ... , Brain MRI, Cardiac ... diagnosis #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table ... of Cardiac Views ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
demand in the setting ... pain occurs at rest ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... : The Only EKG Book
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Cost-effective tests ... cost-effective tests ... indications: • Echocardiogram ... • Cardiac stress ... testingCardiac
Intrapericardial Hematoma on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Patient with worsening chest pain 1 week after discharge for
- PLAX Patient ... Vitals stable. ... Underwent additional testing ... #clinical #cardiology ... #PLAX
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... determine if stress test ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... - Cataract Plan
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Recurrent/persistent rest ... low (1-2) risk, +ECG ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Indications #Cardiac ... catheterization #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG ... • Echocardiogram
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram ... Huge cardiac ... clinically completely stable ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax