CARDIOLOGY
Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Palpitations
27Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Palpitations 1. Chest pain I. Causes II. Features III. Management of chronic chest pain IV. Management of acute chest pain 2. Acute dyspnea I. Causes II. Notes…
Hypertension
23Hypertension 1. Hypertension I. Definition II. ACC and ESC targets of therapy and rationale III. Treatment of hypertension: timing, first-line drugs, compelling indications for specific drugs IV. Resistant hypertension V….
Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis
21Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis 1. Pulmonary embolism I. Presentation of pulmonary embolism (PE) and risk factors II. Probability of PE III. Initial workup IV. Specific PE workup V….
Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation
29Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation I. Steps in preoperative evaluation II. Surgical risk: surgery’s risk and patient’s risk III. CARP and DECREASE V trials IV. Only the highest-risk coronary patients require revascularization…
Stable Ischemic Heart Disease and Approach to Chronic Chest Pain
3Stable Ischemic Heart Disease and Approach to Chronic Chest Pain I. Causes of angina and pathophysiology of coronary flow II. Diagnostic approach III. Silent myocardial ischemia. Is there a role…
Dyslipidemia
24Dyslipidemia I. Indications for therapy II. Notes on LDL, HDL, and triglycerides III. Drugs: LDL-lowering drugs IV. Drugs: TG/HDL-treating drugs and lifestyle modification V. Metabolic syndrome VI. Diabetes and cardioprotective…
Classic Images in Congenital Heart Disease
Classic Images in Congenital Heart Disease Benjamin W. Eidem Robert E. Shaddy Paul F. Kantor Bryan C. Cannon Frank Cetta Questions 1. The arrow in Figure 18.1 demonstrates a “ring…
Statistics and Research Design
Statistics and Research Design John Detterich Justin M. Horner Questions 1. Of the following types of data-descriptive term pairs, which is the pair that incorrectly matches the data with the…
