Indications Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)

CARDIOLOGY

See this ACC link: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/21/2820 “Class I ICD therapy is indicated in patients who are survivors of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation or hemodynamically unstable sustained VT after evaluation to define the cause of...

The AV blocks Clearly Explained

CARDIOLOGY, ECG

AV blocks are also called junctional blocks, nodal blocks, or heart blocks.  AV blocks happen when the electrical current that is being transmitted from the atrium to the ventricles is held in the AV node for a little too long or so long that it’s not even...

Chronic Heart Failure Classification and Treatment

CARDIOLOGY

See: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0801/p186.html Chronic Therapy by Heart Failure Stage AHA/ACC Stage (not NYHA class)  Pt characteristics Treatment A High risk for HF. No structural heart disease. Asymptomatic.  HTN, DM, CAD, cardiotoxin exposure. FHx of CMP Tx...

JNC 8 Hypertension Guidelines

CARDIOLOGY

JNC8 Hypertension Guidelines Booklet (pdf version of the laminated card) JNC 8 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Adults, reviewed on AAFP