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Acute Coronary Syndrome
Differential Diagnosis PAIN Onset: PAIN Characteristic Provocative Factors definitions NEW…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – Complications
Complications Post-AMI First 2-3 Days: Later Complications: Other Late Complications:…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – long term management
Dietary Therapy Reduce Intake of: Recommended Diet Composition Plant-Based Foods…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – NSTEMI
Most pt’s will present with prolonged or recurrent central chest…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – Stable Angina Management
Australian Prescriber VOLUME 38 : NUMBER 4 : AUGUST 2015…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome – STEMI
Definition: clinical sx consistent w ACS w ECG features including…
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Anti-Lipids
STATINS Statins remain the cornerstone of therapy for elevated low-density…
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Approach to palpitations
Aetiology Palpitations: Associated Symptoms and Causes Cardiac:Arrhythmias Cardiac: Nonarrhythmic cardiac…
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Arrythmias (simple summary)
Tachyarrhythmias: Fast rhythms from atria or ventricles. Bradyarrhythmias (not detailed…
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Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
NOTE: Diabetes mellitus is associated with a substantially increased CVD…
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Atrial Fibrillation
Intro Risk factors, disease associations and potentially reversible precipitants for…
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Atrial myxoma
Evaluation Differential Diagnosis Prognosis
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Beta blockers
gathered from – https://bpac.org.nz/2024/beta-blockers.aspx Mechanism of Action Beta-Adrenoceptor Subtypes 📘…
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Bradycardia
Presentation: Etiologies of Sinus Bradycardia Sinus bradycardia can result from…
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Cardiac Investigations
Troponins High-sensitive Troponin (hs-Trop T and hs-Trop I) Purpose: Kinetics:…
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Cardiac tamponade
Signs of Tamponade
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Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Structural changes Processes responsible for clinical manifestations…
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Cardiovascular Risk Classification
Conducting a comprehensive risk assessment Absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk…
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Chest pain in GP land
Causes of chest pains presenting in general practice, compared with…
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Dietary Fat
from UptoDate – Dietary fat Matthew W Gillman, MD, SM…
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ECG interpretation
4. AXIS Lead I Lead aVF differential Normal axis (0…
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Familial hypercholesterolaemia
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a relatively common inherited cause of…
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Healthy diet in adults
from Uptodate, Healthy diet in adults by Graham A Colditz,…
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Heart Block
Delayed conduction of electrical current as it passes through the…
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Heart Failure
Terminology: Asymptomatic (Stage B) Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction New-Onset (De Novo)…
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Heart Failure – acute (APO)
Causes of acute decompensation of chronic heart failure Acute myocardial…
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Heart Failure – MEDICATIONS
1. Phenotype definitions 2. “Quadruple-Foundation” Therapy for HFrEF Pillar First-choice…
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Heart Failure – Non-Pharmacological
1. Identify Heart Failure Phenotype and Risk Level 2. Initiate…
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Heart Failure GP Action Plan
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Hypercholesterolemia
There are five major classes of lipoprotein Chylomicrons Triglyceride rich…
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Hypertension
🧬 Risk Factors Modifiable: Non-Modifiable: 📚 Causes of Hypertension A.…
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Hypertriglyceridemia
from https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/126568-print Definition & Overview 🔬 Pathophysiology ⚛️ Causes of…
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Infective Endocarditis
Disease Characteristic: Inflammation of the endocardium, typically affecting heart valves…
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lifestyle risk factors modification
Smoking cessation Nutrition weight control smoking alcohol exercise
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Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis
Overview: Key Lipoproteins (Non-HDL cholesterol) Involved in Atherosclerosis: Oxidized LDL…
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Metabolic syndrome
Waist circumference thresholds for abdominal obesity Recommended threshold in…
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murmurs (kids)
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Myocarditis
CAUSES (HIGAAP) ASSESSMENT HISTORY EXAMINATION INVESTIGATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Myocarditis/Pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
mRNA vaccines Symptoms and outcomes Myocarditis Pericarditis Symptoms Chest pain,…
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Narrow complex Tachyarrhythmias and differentiating clinical features
Arrhythmia Rate (bpm) P-waves QRS Variability Response to Adenosine/Vagal Typical…
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Narrow Complex Tachycardia
NCT = Narrow QRS (<120 ms) fast rate (>100 bpm)…
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Novel Oral Anticoagulants (NOAC)
- Direct thrombin inhibitors: Dabigatran - Factor Xa inhibitors: Rivaroxaban,…
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Oedema
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palpitations in children
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Pericardial effusion
Causes: Signs/Symptoms
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Pericarditis
Causes: Common Causes of pericarditis and pericardial effusions Cause Prevalence…
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Pre-excitation syndromes
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome ECG features of WPW in sinus rhythm…
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premature ventricular complexes
Origin of Ectopic Beats Premature contractions (“ectopics”) are classified by…
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Rhematic Fever
Pathophysiology: High-Risk Groups for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic…
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Sinus tachycardia
DIAGNOSIS ECG Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome…
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
most common: birth to 13 years aged 14 to 24…
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SVT – Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
Case: Jane is a 42 yr old women who teachers…
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Torsades de pointes (TdP)
Risk factors Causes of prolonged QT Antipsychotics Antiarrhythmics Tricyclics Other…
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Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
Features: always associated with absent pulse and loss of consciousness…
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Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
Monomorphic Polymorphic complex of normal duration. (the first of the…
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Warfarin
Contraindications to warfarin therapy Factors that influence the INR Advice…