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- Systolic murmur <3/6 in intensity and diminishes with standing is physiological or normal flow murmur
- Frequent ventricular ectopy in early postexercise phase predicts worse long term prognosis than ectopy that occurs only during exercise
- Enterococcal endocarditis standard therapy ampicillin, 2 g IV every 4 hours for 4 to 6 weeks, plus gentamicin, 1 mg/kg IV every 8 hours for 4 to 6 weeks
- Torsemide has side effect of ototoxicity
- s/p AVR, asymptomatic, AVA below 1 cm2, velocity above 4 m/s, gradient above 40 mmHg - severe prosthetic AS, next do exercise testing
- In complete atrioventricular septal defect echo, atrioventricular valves appear abnormally aligned at same level
- Mitral E' lateral velocity<mitral E' septal velocity, septal bounce - treatment surgical pericardiectomy
- PCI to LCX does not decrease total mortality, CV mortality, MI, heart failure events
- Most concealed accessory pathways are located between LV and LA
- Inferior STEMI, history of subarachnoid haemorrhage, not transferable to PCI-capable facility in <120 min - unfractionated heparin, transfer to PCI-capable hospital