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Cardiovascular/Pulmonary: Case 9

James and Lopez - Valvular

Week 6-7 - November 1, 4

Rx Bricks - Required

Required

Book Chapters

Article:

2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope:
For a focused, pertinent review see pages e45-e48
Look at the Table of Contents and read anything of special interest
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Shen WK, Sheldon RS, Benditt DG, Cohen MI, Forman DE, Goldberger ZD, Grubb BP,
Hamdan MH, Krahn AD, Link MS, Olshansky B, Raj SR, Sandhu RK, Sorajja D, Sun BC,
Yancy CW. 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm
Society. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 1;70(5):e39-e110. doi:
10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.003. Epub 2017 Mar 9. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017
Oct 17;70(16):2102-2104.

Enrichment

Aortic-valve stenosis--from patients at risk to severe valve obstruction
Excellent review
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Otto CM, Prendergast B. Aortic-valve stenosis--from patients at risk to severe valve obstruction. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(8):744-756. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1313875
Clinical problem-solving. A tight predicament.
Bui AH, O'Gara PT, Economy KE, Miller AL, Loscalzo J. Clinical problem-solving. A tight predicament. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(10):953-959. doi:10.1056/NEJMcps1304030
Mitral Annulus Calcification
Abramowitz Y, Jilaihawi H, Chakravarty T, Mack MJ, Makkar RR. Mitral Annulus Calcification. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66(17):1934-1941. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.872