cardiology
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PGY-6 (Cardiothoracic Anesthesia)
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) 2018 Heart Transplant Listing Guidelines Revision
Here’s a table I created that summarizes the classification for patients awaiting a heart transplant. Gone are the days of…
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Pharmacology
Alteplase
Alteplase (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, tPA) is a potent intravenous fibrinolytic (“clot buster”) used for everything from acute ischemic strokes…
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Lessons
Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) allows cardiologists to visualize cardiac structures (aorta, valves, pulmonary veins, chambers, etc) from an ultrasound catheter usually…
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Lessons
Mitral Valve Anatomy
The mitral valve (MV) separates the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV). It’s a bileaflet valve composed of an…
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Lessons
Left Ventricular Pressure-Volume Work Loop With Mechanical Circulatory Support
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices allow us to offload myocardial work from the heart, and for the purposes of this…
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