Week 8: Cardiology on intensive care

Topics to consider

• Investigations: Troponin, echo, cardiac catheterisation, stress tests

• Equipment that you might see: intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacemakers (temporary and permanent), assist devices (VADs, ECMO, bypass)

• Interventions you might be involved with: PCI, management of acute coronary syndromes, ablations, TAVI, cardiac surgery

• Risk stratification for cardiac (and pulmonary) disease

• Valves and endocarditis

Resources

• Acute coronary syndromes (BJAEd)

• Heart failure in critical care (IBCC)

• Readings around acute cardiac care (European Society of Cardiology)

• IABP, VADs, and ECMO (LITFL)

• Risk assessment tools (BJAEd)

• Cardiovascular risk assessment (ESC)

• Pulmonary hypertension in critical care (BJAEd)

• More than you ever wanted to know about troponin (IBCC)

• Endocarditis: BJAEd and IBCC

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