Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 β€’ Long
Presentation - Management ... β€’ Progressive Cardiac ... Normal Heart β€’ Short ... Syndromes #clinical #cardiology ... #table
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Pharmacology of ... #Diuretics #Pharmacology ... #Comparison #Table ... Loop #Thiazide #CHF ... #Cardiology #Management
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 β€’ Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
), Ventricular Arrhythmias ... / CHB β€’ Hypovolemic ... vasoactive drug pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis #management ... #comparison #table
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 β€’ Everyone who can exercise should!
 β€’ They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... β€’ They must be able ... with ventricular arrythmias ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 β€’ Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Cardiac Event Monitoring ... Disadvantages: Short ... detect various arrhythmias ... NUIM_Chiefs #Cardiac ... #management #holter
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... Cardiogenic shock, Arrythmias ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
margin of safety in pharmacology ... potentially fatal cardiac ... arrhythmia from ... the sublingual tablet ... #Pharmacology #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 β€’ Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
May have typical HF ... shock and severe arrhythmias ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery β€’ Stable ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Indications for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) to Prevent Sudden Cardiac
Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... guideline-directed management ... guideline-directed management ... unstable VT β€’ Stable ... #indications #cardiology
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 βœ– Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
Management of Anthracyclines ... peripheral edema, and arrhythmias ... years, baseline cardiac ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology ... #oncology #pharmacology