426. Case Report: A Ruptured Saccular Aortic ...

CardioNerds (Dr. Colin Blumenthal, Dr. Kelly Arps, and Dr. Natalie Marrero) discuss anti-arrhythmic drugs in the management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter with electrophysiologist Dr. Andrew Epstein. We discuss two major classes of anti-arrhythmic drugs, class IC and c ...  Show more

In this episode, the CardioNerds (Dr. Natalie Tapaskar, Dr. Jenna Skowronski, and Dr. Shazli Khan) discuss the process of heart transplantation from the initial donor selection to the time a patient is discharged with Dr. Dave Kaczorowski and Dr. Jason Katz. We dissect a case whe ...  Show more

<div>It’s 2 a.m. The on-call resident’s voice is shaky.
The CT shows an 18cm abdominal aortic aneurysm with a Type 1B endoleak.
There’s gas in the sac, fluid in the belly, and the patient has a defibrillator on both sides of his chest.
Is it a rupt ...  Show more

Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD

Educational Pearls:

Aortic injury occurs in 1.5-2% of patients who sustain blunt thoracic trauma

More from ESC including: Valvular HD guidelines, a new drug class for HTN, myosin inhibition in HCM, vericiguat, and digoxin are the topic discussed by John Mandrola, MD. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit ...  Show more

A new trial assessed whether balloon angioplasty plus aggressive medical management was superior to aggressive medical management alone for patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis. Author Zhongrong Miao, MD, PhD, from Beijing Tiantan Hospital, discusses ...