Cardiovascular Flashcards
BNP cuttoff values
HF ICD Indication
Indication for cardiac resynchronyzation therapy
Sudden Death Risk Factors in HCM
HCM ECG
Indication for pacemaker placement in the setting of bradycardia
Brugada Syndrome ECG findings
incomplete RBBB pattern
Coved ST-segment elevations in V1 and V2
Pericarditis treatment
S2 splitting
Rheumatic Fever prophylaxis duration
Stenosis appears 20 to 40 year after rheumatic fever episode
Contraindications to TAVR
Bicuspid aortic valve, significant AR, mitral valve disease
(significant LV dysfunction can underestimate gradient across a valve) Decreased LVEF = decreased gradient
AR treatment
Characteristics favoring percutaneous commissurotomy + contraindications (Mitral Stenosis)
Surgical Treatment of MR indications
Anticoagulation for prosthetic valves
When to bridge to/from Warfarin
ASD characteristics (ostium primum vs secundum)
ASD treatment
Aorta Coarctation CXR
Aorta Coarctation Treatment
Infective endocarditis prophylaxis indication
Infective Endocarditis procedures requiring prophylaxis
Endocarditis Dignostic Criteria
Indications for sugical endocarditis treatment
Indication for treatment of aortic aneurysms
Indication for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Interpretation of ABI
Additional test for pleural effusion in the setting of heart failure with use of diuretics
Serum-effusion protein > 3.1 or serum-effusion albumin > 1.2 = transudative effusion
ICD indications
LVH criteria
