Category: Cardiology

An Interview between Harrison Lancaster MD and Justin Vader MD MPH FACC   Edited by Mustafa Husaini MD MBA FACC  Initial presentation:  Historically, heart failure was considered  a condition where the heart cannot deliver oxygen at a rate commensurate with the the requirements of metabolizing tissues (I.E. elevated lactates). As studies have demonstrated that a…

An Interview between Harrison Lancaster MD and Justin Hartupee MD PhD FACC  Edited by Mustafa Husaini MD MBA FACC  When you are initially evaluating a patient with heart failure, using these hemodynamic profiles can be a good place to start. In the 2×2 method, you are trying to categorize patients based on perfusion and congestion.…

So the terminology has changed. The updated chest pain guidelines recommend using the terminology of “cardiac” and “non-cardiac” chest pain. “cardiac chest pain” or “angina”, is the pain associated with cardiac ischemia. But, when you approach a patient with chest pain, I think the initial thing you want to do as a student or resident…