Feb-RU-ary
The third (3rd) Monday in February
When is President's Day?
This phase of a clinical trial typically focuses on determining the safety of a new drug or treatment and identifying its side effects
What is Phase I?
The best way to assess body fluid gain and loss
What is Daily Weights?
A medical term for an irregular heartbeat, often characterized by palpitations or a racing pulse
What is an Arrhythmia?
Fancy word for when a patient is short of breath
What is dyspnea?
February 14, 1912
When Arizona become a state?
What is a Patient Label?
Will also accept Patient Encounter Information.
This test is used to measure and record the ejection fraction of the heart
What is an Echocardiogram?
This involves using electrodes to measure the heart's electrical activity and can detect arrhythmias and other cardiac conditions
What is an Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)?
When blood leaks backward across a valve in the heart
What is Regurgitation?
A Snake represents this annual celebration taking place from Jan 29th, 2025 - Feb 12, 2025
What is the Chinese Lunar New Year 2025?
This document, reviewed by the IRB, outlines any potential risks, benefits, and overall ethical considerations of the study and is necessary for ongoing approval
What is the continuing review report?
a type of organ donation where the donor's heart stops beating before the organs are recovered for transplantation.
Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD)
This is used to correct certain arrhythmias by delivering a controlled electrical shock to the heart
What is a defibrillator?
This minimally invasive procedure to treat mitral valve regurgitation may be confused for the fluid that comes from your eyes when you are sad
What is a TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) procedure?
On Feb 2, 2025, This famous groundhog saw his shadow — meaning six more weeks of winter, according to longstanding folklore
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
This principle of clinical research requires that the benefits and risks of a study are carefully weighed, with special consideration given to vulnerable populations
What is the principle of justice?
Beta-Blockers
Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors (ACE/ARB/ARNi)
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs)
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors
What are the four pillars of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure
Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol, Excessive Exercise, and Stress are common triggers for THIS abnormal heartbeat
What is Atrial Fibrillation?
Pulmonary
Tricuspid
Aortic
Mitral (Bicuspid)
What are the 4 valves of the heart?
On this Friday, we wear RED
TOMORROW 2/7/2025!
DAILY DOUBLE
These research participants require additional consideration in obtaining informed consent.
For Double Points: List at least 4 of 8 groups that fall into this category
Who are vulnerable subjects?
The REVERSE HF device performs this process to remove fluid from the body without changing a patient's electrolyte balance
What is Ultrafiltration?
The Adagio vCLAS™ catheter system is used for THIS type of catheter-based ablation to treat Ventricular Tachycardia as part of the FULCRUM-VT trial
What is ultra-low temperature cryoablation (ULTC)?
This valve replacement system is poised to be the first approved device for Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)
What is the SAPIEN M3 System?
Will also accept the ENCIRCLE Trial.