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Today’s discussion is going to be a little different from my usual teaching spiels and is focused more-so at clinicians – physicians, pharmacists, NPs, PAs, etc – and tips and tools that you can use to help get your patients blood pressures controlled. It’s nothing new that HTN is extremely prevalent in the USA andContinue reading “Setting your patients up for success: practical cost tips and resources to help manage hypertension”

Hey everyone! Today we are going to discuss what therapies we have to get our post TAVR patients on, and why. ICYMI, I would recommend reading Part 1 first. We already discussed what TAVRs are – essentially a less-invasive, catheter-based version of replacing a patient’s aortic valve. Instead of having to undergo open heart surgery,Continue reading “TAVRs: Antithrombotic Management”

Now that we’ve solidified the basics of valves – why we have ’em, how they work, all the squirrely stuff that can go wrong with them – let’s talk about how we actually can treat these patients. We’re going to be reviewing treatment of these conditions prior to surgery/replacement and then review what therapies theseContinue reading “Valvular Disease Part 2: Treating Valvular Dx Prior to Surgery and Surgical Valve Replacement”

Welcome back, guys! Today we are going to start our journey into ✨valvular heart disease✨. This is a very, very pathophys heavy topic, and if you follow along, hopefully you won’t have to memorize anything because the pathophys will make sense. Because this is so pathophys heavy, we actually won’t even be talking about treatmentsContinue reading “Valvular Heart Disease Part 1: The Basics of Valves and Valvular Dx Pathophys”

Today we are going to be talking about some general stats stuff. For all my stats posts, I will always preface with the understanding that YA GIRL is NOT a statistician. At all. Seriously. I envy the brilliance of those people every time that time comes around during research. With that being said though, IContinue reading “Stats: Internal Validity, External Validity, and Run-In Periods”

Happy September everyone! As a northeast coaster, I am definitely looking forward to this fall and the cooler weather. I am indeed a basic bitch when it comes to the autumn (guilty as charged). I have been living for my morning pumpkin cream cold brew. Today is part 2 of our VTE series which willContinue reading “VTE Part ✌️: VTE Presentation and Diagnosis”

Today we’re gonna begin to tackle a core cardiology topic: venous thromboembolism 🎉🎉. For the purposes of today’s intro, we’re going to focus on defining VTE, understand the anatomy, and nail down some core pathophys concepts before we get into more specifics in our future posts. But before we dive into everything – you knowContinue reading “Venous thromboembolism (VTE) Part☝️: Introduction”

Hey hey, today we’re going to start talking vasopressors – we’ll start with an overview of the background material and then delve into our first pressor we’ll discuss: phenylephrine. Let’s get into it already! What is a vasopressor? Vasopressors, also commonly referred to as pressors, are a group of meds that contract (tighten) blood vesselsContinue reading “Vasopressor Review Part ☝️: Overview and Phenylephrine 💉”

Today we’re talking rhythm control (it’s kinda a doozy, sorry in advance, love u). In order to get the most of out today’s talk, I recommend these previous “pre-readings” of sorts: The Cardiac Conduction Cycle and the Cardiac Action Potential Atrial Fibrillation: An Overview Atrial Fibrillation: Chronic Anticoagulation Atrial Fibrillation: Acute Anticoagulation Part 2 AtrialContinue reading “Treatment of Afib Part ✌️: Rhythm Control”