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- Daptomycin increases risk of rhabdomyolysis when given with simvastatin
- Romano Ward syndrome is autosomal dominant long QT syndrome with normal hearing
- Pericardial effusion has become extremely rare cardiac manifestation of HIV infection in patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy
- Supravalvar AS & supravalvar PS associated with Williams syndrome
- Old age, headaches, jaw fatigability with chewing, shoulder stiffness - giant cell arteritis, temporal artery biopsy
- Blacked out during phlebotomy - Vasovagal syncope
- Multiple risk factors for CAD, lipid goals LDL <70 mg/dL and non-HDL <100 mg/dL
- Dyspnea, AS velocity 4m/s or above, gradient 40 mmHg or above, surgical risk <4% - Surgical AVR
- In 10% to 15% of people, arterial supply to AV node is from branch of left circumflex artery
- Most appropriate treatment for HTN in patient with MI - beta blocker