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






