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Low Risk Chest Pain

December 11, 2015 by CrashMaster

The Shownotes on Low Risk Chest Pain The management of low risk chest pain in the US is founded on a number of tenets: If low risk chest pain patients are sent home and they have unstable angina, they will do worse than if we admitted them Provocative testing will identify patients who are safe […]

Filed Under: cardiology

QT Prolongation and Torsades de Pointe

October 19, 2015 by CrashMaster

  qt prolongation + bradycardia + ectopy leads to tdP

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Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter

September 11, 2014 by CrashMaster

  Chemical Cardioversion Ibutilide 1 mg over 10 minutes Avoid if EF<20% or QTc>480 must observe for 4 hours to make sure no QT prolongation augments electrical cardioversion (NEJM 1999;340(24):1849     ashman beats from variable repolarization of the bundles Holiday heart=etoh generated a-fib, can also be from withdrawal. Usually spontaneously resolves.   P-ulmonary Embolism […]

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Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care

December 3, 2013 by CrashMaster

best book: Manual of Perioperative Medicine by Bojar Post-CABG what was bypassed? discrete lesion vs. diffuse disease what was the graft material? art vs. vein, pedicle vs. free Looking for MAP 70-80 and DBP>50 First 6 hours, need CI>2.0 Hb 8.0 Fix acidosis CVP is actually a good monitor of RV failure Consider SWAN if […]

Filed Under: 03. Intensive Care, cardiology

Heart Failure

September 6, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Syncope

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Chest Pain Differential

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Palliative Care, End of Life and Advanced Directives

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Filed Under: 02. Procedures, cardiology

EKG in the Chest Pain Patient

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Acute Mediastinitis

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Post-Cardiac Surgical Management

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Pericardial and Myocardial Disease

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Endocarditis and Valvular Heart Disease

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Dysrhythmias

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Pulmonary Hypertension

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

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Filed Under: cardiology, pulmonology


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