Table of contents
Royal College Competencies
- 2.1.2. Cardiac disease
- 2.1.2.1. Chest pain
- 2.1.2.2. Dyspnea
- 2.1.2.3. Syncope
- 2.1.2.4. Palpitations
- 2.1.2.5. Cardiac murmurs
- 2.1.2.6. Abnormal cardiac enzymes
- 2.1.2.7. Congestive heart failure
- 2.1.2.8. Coronary heart disease
- 2.1.2.9. Acute coronary syndromes and their complications
- 2.1.2.10. Valvular heart disease
- 2.1.2.11. Cardiomyopathies
- 2.1.2.12. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion and tamponade
- 2.1.2.13. Pulmonary hypertension
- 2.1.3. Vascular disease
- 2.1.3.1. Hypertension
- 2.1.3.2. Claudication
- 2.1.3.3. Edema
- 2.1.3.4. Aortic aneurysm
- 2.1.3.5. Venous thrombo-embolic disease and prophylaxis
- 2.1.3.6. Peripheral arterial disease
- 2.1.3.7. Peripheral venous insufficiency
- 2.1.3.8. Venous and arterial ulcers
Introduction
- 1 in 3 will have CV disease.
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Men: 2 in 3 (67%)
- Women: 1 in 2 (50%)
- INTERHEART Study
- INTERHEART Study assessed risk factors for CVD globally (included 30,000 pts) in 52 countries.
- Showed differences in risk of CVD
- South Asians have highest risk. (more central obesity, insulin resistance etc..)
- Waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio indicators of abdominal obesity predict CVD independent of BMI.
- Being an "apple" fat in abomen is worse than being a "pear" fat in hips.
- Mortality in heart disease is much higher than chronic kidney disease (CKD).
- Any degree of albuminuria is an independent risk factor for CV events, heart failure hospitalizations and all-cause mortality.
Section Tree
- aCAD Summary
- ACS (Acute)
- ACS (Post)
- ACS - NSTE
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiomyopathies
- CHF
- Devices
- Diagnostic Testing
- Drugs
- EKG
- Hemodynamics
- Hypertension
- NOACs
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Other
- Pericarditis & Myo
- Peripheral Vascular
- Physical Exam Findings
- Stable CAD
- Structural Heart Disease
- Syncope
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Vascular Disease
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