Cardiology Facts 72

 

  • Smoker, male, 40s, small dark ulcers on digits of hand, small ulcer on toe, dorsalis pedis pulses diminished bilaterally - Thromboangiitis obliterans
  • HFpEF no specific therapy clearly associated with survival benefit
  • AFib+TIA+RHD - treatment elective cardioversion, warfarin with target INR of 2.5 for 3 weeks before cardioversion and continued for 4 weeks after cardioversion
  • There is no known treatment to prevent allograft vasculopathy
  • Flecainide is appropriate to prevents recurrent Afib with non structural heart disease
  • Final common pathway of platelet aggregation is mediated through glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor
  • Resistant hypertension is defined persistent hypertension despite three antihypertensive agents at or near maximal dose, of different classes including a diuretic 
  • Percutaneous VSD closure is for type 4/muscular