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The drug of choice in a patient presenting with worse headache of her life, neurological deficits and hypertension
What is nimodipine
This primary cariomyopathy is closely related to stress and was first described by Japanese.
What is Takosubo cardiomyopathy
This classification system classifies aortic dissection into Type A and Type B
What is the Stanford classification
This is the best initial diagnostic test to assess pulmonary hypertension in the ED
What is Transthoracic echocardiography
Arterial occlusions are divided into these two groups
Wat are thrombotic and embolic
The drugs of choice in female patients, over 20 weeks of gestation and hypertensive with seizures.
What is MGSO4 and labetolol
These maneuvers increase LV filling and decrease the murmur heard in HCOM
What is squatting, passive leg elevation, and hand grip
What is Marfan's Syndrome.
What is the correct name of the S1Q3T3 pattern seen in patients with right heart strain.
What is the McGinn Sign/ Pattern
Treatment of this arrythmia decreases the prevalence of occlusion from embolism
What is atrial fibrillation
This drug group is the preferred in hypertensive patients who present in sympathomimetic toxicity.
What are benzodiazepines
These are the three main types of cardiomyopathy
What are dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive
These medications are best to lower BP in patients with severe HTN and Aortic Dissection
Beta blockers FIRST (Esmolol or labetalol to reduce rate & shear stress)
± Nitroprusside AFTER (rate reduction)
This inotropic drug is preferred for shock in patients with Pulmonary hypertension and RV failure
What is dobutamine
This criterion is used as prognostic stratification of the clinical stages of acute limb ischemia.
What is the Rutherford criteria
These two drugs are used in the treatment of hypertensive emergency and aortic dissection
What are Labetolol and nitroprusside
This is the most common cause of non-traumatic cardiac tamponade
What is metastatic malignancy?
These are the management goals for aortic dissection
What is Bp, HR and pain control
1. Lowest tolerable BP (SBP <120mmHg)
2. HR 60-80 bpm
3. Pain control
These ventilator settings are used in patients with pulmonary hypertension requiring intubation.
What are lung protective settings
TV 6ml/kg
Lowest PEEP to maintain spo2 above 90
Plateau pressures less than 30
RR to avoid hypercapnia
What is the value of a normal ABI
What is 0.9-1.3
Which drug is preferred in young patients presenting with hypertension with benign tumor of the adrenal medulla.
What is phentolamine in patients with pheochromocytoma.
This organism is the most common etiology worldwide of Myocarditis.
What is trypanosoma cruzi( Chagas)
This group of medications is associated with an increased risk of aortic dissection
What are Fluoroquinolones
These medications can impair collagen synthesis and promote connective tissue degradation, weakening the aortic wall.
These are the five types/groups of Pulmonary Hypertension
Group 1: pulmonary arterial hypertension
Group 2: left heart disease
Group 3: lung disease/hypoxia
Group 4: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Group 5: multifactorial, unknown
This aneurysm develops as a result of infection in the vessel wall, often in an immunocompromised patient.
What is a mycotic aneurysm