Non-Thoracic
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
Deadman Tell No Tales
Trial and Error
JOW
200

A water hammer pulse is eponymous sign for this condition in severe state

Aortic insufficiency

200

Value below this is considered severe PPM after AVR

0.65

200

This person's law which describes the relationship between pressure, radius, and wall tension in hollow spheres and cylinders, is commonly used to understand heart failure

Laplace

200

These are the primary and secondary outcomes of the SHOCK trial, the trial that compares mortality in patients with acute MI in cardiogenic shock randomized to revascularization vs medical therapy

No difference in 30 days mortality, 13% reduction in 6 month mortality in revascularization group

200

This is the most common congenital heart malformation that affects 1 to 2% of the population

Bicuspid aortic valve

400

What is the cut off for significant lesion while performing FFR during angiogram

0.8

400

This maneuver should be attempt first while on cardio pulmonary bypass if drainage is inadequate

Retracting the venous cannula

400

This person's law which states "The molar flux due to diffusion is proportional to the concentration gradient" is responsible for a frequent ICU monitoring technique

Adolf Fick

400

The STICH trial is famous for comparing outcome in patient undergo just medical therapy vs CABG & medical therapy. What is the patient population in this study?

LVEF < 35% in pt with CAD suitable for CABG

400

This is the most common cardiac tumor in children

Rhabdomyomas

600

What an atomic anomaly should be suspected when a small innominate thing is visualized in a setting of a large coronary sinus

Persistent left superior vena cava

600

Septal thickness greater than this is considered left ventricle hypertrophy

More than 15 mm

600

This surgeon performed the first ever human to human heart transplant on December 3, 1967 in Cape Town South Africa

Christiaan Barnard

600

In PARTNER 2 trial, the rate of these two categories was similar between SAVR & TAVR groups, prompting while spread implementation of TAVR for intermediate risk patient

Death and disabling stroke


600

This condition is caused by a ventricular cushion defect leading to abnormal LV to RA communication

Gerbode defect

800

This score can be calculated to predict likelihood of survival of patient with respiratory distress requiring VV ECMO

RESP

800

This phenomenal is noted in patient with severe aortic stenosis, characterized by weak delay peripheral pulses

Pulses parvus et tardus

800

This black laboratory technician, who is crucial in the development of the famous 1944 Blablock-Taussig Shunt, did not get his name attached to the shunt due to his skin color. There is a forum dedicated to him every year at STS

Vivien Thomas

800

The RESTORE study for left ventricle aneurysm resection/surgical ventricular reconstruction show improve in this three categories postoperatively

EF, NYHA, LV ESV


800

This set of lesions found in a child with this chest x-ray was first described in 1671, making it the oldest recorded congenital heart defect

RVOT obstruction, VSD, overriding aorta, RV hypertrophy

1000

This approach is used for the second stage of the classic elephant trunk technique

L thoracotomy

1000

This is the most common cost for hyper acute rejection post transplantation

ABO incompatibility

1000

This California native is the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant in the United States in 1968

Norman E. Shumway

1000

What is the primary conclusion for the Everest 2 trial

MitraClip is favorable for patient with primary severe MR and prohibitive surgical risk

1000

This genetic defect is seen in 50% of pts with interrupted arch

Deletion in chromosome band 22q11.2

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