Category: Cardiology

An Interview between Harrison Lancaster MD and Justin Vader MD MPH FACC   Edited by Mustafa Husaini MD MBA FACC  Initial presentation:  Generally, what does the term “Heart Failure” mean to you? What terminology do you use to classify patients with a diagnosis of heart failure (i.e., acute vs. chronic, compensated vs. decompensated, reduced vs.…

An Interview between Harrison Lancaster MD and Justin Hartupee MD PhD FACC  Edited by Mustafa Husaini MD MBA FACC  We often think of a heart failure patient’s hemodynamic profile according to the 2×2 wet vs dry & cold vs wet.   Can you discuss why this is important, both for patients in the ICU and on…

What does it mean to say “Typical Angina” vs. “Atypical Angina”? What do these terms mean to you when evaluating a patient? 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,…