Shock
Mechanical Circulatory Support
ACS
Heart Failure
ECMO
100

Define Shock

What is a life-threatening condition characterized by inadequate tissue perfusion, leading to cellular hypoxia and organ failure

100

Device that controls blood flow from your heart, deflates when your heart pumps blood out and inflates when heart is resting 

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump 

100

Spectrum of clinical conditions caused by sudden rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with thrombosis

Acute Coronary Syndrome

100

Waking up suddenly at night, gasping for air

What is orthopnea

100

Shared decision making for symptom management, end of life care 

What is Palliative Medicine

200

Four Different Types of Shock

What is: Hypovolemic, Cardiogenic, Obstructive and Distributive Shock 


200

The device that is inserted via a catheter into the femoral artery and advanced into the left ventricle

Impella 

200

Arrythmias 

Heart Failure 

Cardiogenic Shock 

Mechanical Complications 

Pericarditis 

Reccurrent Ischemia 

Complications post ACS

200

Linked to hypertension, obesity and atrial fibrillation with limited specific therapies and EF >40%

What is HFpEF

200

This device oxygenates and removes carbon dioxide from the blood

Membrane Oxygenator 
300

Hemodynamic parameters of Cardiogenic Shock

What is Low CO with high SVR

300

MCS device that does not require synchronization with the heart's cycle

Impella 

(actively pumps blood from LV to ascending aorta, reducing the heart's workload and improving systemic circulation)

300

Hypertension, Diabetes, Smoking, Dyslipidemia, Obesity, Family History of premature CAD, sedentary lifestyle and advanced age

Primary Risk Factors for ACS 

300

A diagnostic procedure for patients undergoing tranplant/LVAD workup, have unclear volume status, pulmonary hypertension or worsening renal function despite therapy

What is Right Heart Catheterization

300

Absolute contraindication to ECMO is this irreversible condition

Severe neurological injury

400

Clinical presentation of Cardiogenic Shock

What is Hypotension, Tachycardia, Cool/Clammy Extremities, Oliguriea, Altered Mental Status, Pulmonary Edema, Elevated JVP 

400

Provides up to 5.5 L/Min of CO 

Surgical Access 

Allows for ambulation and PT with axillary placement 

Minimizes myocardial oxygen demand by reducing LV workload 

Impella 5.5 

400

ASA + P2Y12 inhibitor

DAPT

400

Used for cardiogenic shock, low-output state, or as bridge to transplant/LVAD

IV Inotrope

400

Most common compliation of ECMO

What is bleeding

500

Device that can be placed to assess hemodynamics in a shock patient? 

What is a Pulmonary Artery Catheter or Swan Gans 

500

Complication of VA ECMO when oxygenated blood being returned from the ECMO circuit mixes with the deoxygenated blood being ejected from the heart 

Harlequin/North-South Syndrome

500

If performed within 90-120 minutes, this is the first line treatment for STEMI

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) 

500

EF <35%, LBBB, QRS >150ms, NYHA Class II-IV despite optimal therapy

What is Indications for CRT 

500
Technique to reduce LV distention while on VA ECMO

What is placing Impella or IABP 

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