The youngest heart transplant performed was on a newborn 6 days old! These tiny hearts can be as small as a walnut, with blood vessels measuring just a few millimeters in diameter. Take a look at the image below showcasing a pediatric heart transplant.
Each year, Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) leads to over 1,000,000 hospitalizations in the U.S.
Here's my approach to admitting a patient with ADHF, along with some key clinical pearls.
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People still getting mad at PCI. For me, it's pretty simple.
If no angina, don't stent.
If angina real & lesion low risk of complication, ⬇️threshold to stent.
If angina real and lesion high risk of complication, ⬆️meds.
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🟦Should my Child pursue Medicine (MBBS)? 🟦
Depending on who you ask, you will receive various answers for this question. And sometimes, it gets even more confusing.
So here's my Opinion about the same.
📛 Note: This is not an Expert Guide for MBBS Career Counselling
@cardio73@mmamas1973@serioustaurean@DrDeepakKrishn1 @nadig33 Minimal injections, floppy wire passage under fluro and see it enters into the branches distally to ensure true lumen.. Stent the osteo proximal segment with some protrusion into aorta to seal the entry point..
Really important addition to our knowledge base… when we are challenged by surgeons, dentists etc to estimate risk of stopping dapt we now have some reference
On this day in 1944 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Alfred Blalock, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Surgical Technician Vivien Thomas performed the first surgery to treat tetralogy of Fallot. Groundbreaking at its time, the procedure came to be known as the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt.❤️
EMPEROR-Preserved: Empagliflozin Improves Outcomes in HFpEF
It’s “a big day for patients living with HFpEF, a big day for heart failure clinicians,” @ShelleyZieroth tells @ToddNeale
Full story on @TCTMD
https://t.co/4QJvvSc22k
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Every doctor in his career goes through Dharm Sankat( Dilemma of Duty). Yesterday I experienced a rarest one. I had returned after performing my fathers last rites. One of our mess staff comes with a massive attack. Keeping all the feelings aside I performed my professional duty.