Cardiology

By Alex Yartsev - 13/07/2015

Offered below is an organised list of summaries on the topic of cardiology from the Critical Care Compendium, courtesy of LITFL. Given the mixture of topics, the ideal audience for this material is the final stage exam candidate pursuing dual CICM and ACEM fellowship qualifications.

Cardiology in the Critical Care Compendium
Acute coronary syndrome Acute Coronary Syndromes Literature Summaries Acute Coronary Syndromes Beta Blockers to Prevent Perioperative MI, prevention, myocardial infarction Wellen's Syndrome Myocardial stunning Differential diagnosis for Chest pain Heart failure and assessment of cardiac function Circulation Assessment Cardiovascular Performance Assessment AHA/ACC Guidelines (2007) - Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of Patients Undergoing non-cardiac surgery Differential diagnosis for Cardiac failure Heart Failure Literature Summaries Severe Heart Failure Management Diastolic dysfunction Cardiogenic shock Cardiogenic Shock Literature Summaries Left ventricular failure Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction, LVOTO Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure Pulmonary Hypertension Causes of Acute Pulmonary Hypertension Right Ventricular Failure,heart, cardiac Non-ischaemic cardiac disease Myocarditis Abnormalities of rate and rhythm Heart Block and Conduction abnormalities Differential diagnosis for Bradycardia Arrhythmias Literature Summaries Arrhythmias Atrial Fibrillation, AF Atrial fibrillation post-cardiac surgery Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Arrhythmogenesis Implantable Cardiac Defibrilators Differential diagnosis for Tachycardia Differential diagnosis for SVT Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia Long QT Syndrome Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome Narrow Complex Tachycardia Pre-excitation syndromes Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Biomarkers of cardiac disease BNP, brain natriuretic peptide CK-MB, creatine kinase Troponin in Critical Illness, high, raised, increased, troponinaemia, troponitis Arial Natriuretic Peptide Cardiac Biomarkers PCO2 gap, cvaCO2gap Physical examination of the cardiovascular system Double peak on arterial pulse marfan's syndrome pulsus alternans Differential diagnosis for Pulsus Paradoxus Differential diagnosis of clubbing Differential diagnosis of splinter haemorrhages heart sound abnormalities ECG interpretation Differential Diagnosis of ECG Abnormalities Pulmonary Embolus versus Right Ventricular Infarction Echocardiography Cardiomyopathy echocardiography Echocardiography in Intensive Care Echocardiography Overview Transthoracic echocardiography Acute Myocardial infarction echocardiography intracardiac masses echocardiography LV function echocardiography RV function echocardiography Shunts and echocardiography Transoesophageal echocardiography

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Cardiology

Acute coronary syndrome

Heart failure and assessment of cardiac function

Cardiogenic shock

Left ventricular failure

Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure

Non-ischaemic cardiac disease

Abnormalities of rate and rhythm

Biomarkers of cardiac disease

Physical examination of the cardiovascular system

ECG interpretation

Echocardiography