Cardiology Syllabus 2021-2022

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Clinical Topics

Cardiomyopathies (Ischemic)

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Cardiomyopathies (Non-Ischemic)

2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Inflammatory Bowel Disease

EKG Reading

Bradyarrhythmias

2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

Arrhythmias (General) - See below for Louisville Lecture

Heart Failure - Medical Management

2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America

2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Heart failure - Critical Care + Mechanical Support (includes Cardiogenic shock)

2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care: Endorsed by the American Heart Assocation, the Cardiological Society of India, and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencion; Affirmation of Value by the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology-Association Canadienne de Cardiologie d’intervention∗

Hypertensive Urgency and Emergency - See below for Louisville Lecture

Epicardial + Pericardial Disease (focus on tamponade) - See below for Louisville Lecture

HTN, Heart Disease in Pregnancy + Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

2019 ACOG Pregnancy and Heart Disease

Acute Coronary Syndrome - See below for Louisville Lecture

****STEMI

2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

****NSTEMI

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Atrial Fibrillation

2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

Valvular Disease - Focus on Aortic and Mitral

2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Hypertension

2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines

An Effective Approach to High Blood Pressure Control: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Louisville Lectures

EKG Concepts with Dr. Espinosa

Emergency Arrhythmias 101 with Dr. Brown

Patient Evaluation for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies with Dr. Abramov

Shock and Hemodynamics in the CCU with Dr. Brown

Mechanical Circulatory Support: IABP, VADs & ECMO with Dr. Brown

Hypertensive Crisis with Dr. Lorrel Brown

Cardiac Tamponade and Miscellaneous Cardiomyopathies with Dr. Brown

Acute Coronary Syndrome 101 with Dr. Brown

Complications of Myocardial Infarctions with Dr. Brown

A-Fib and A-Flutter Concepts with Dr. Espinosa

Valvular Heart Disease with Dr. Shahab Ghafghazi

Aortic Stenosis and General Valvular Principles with Dr. Brown

Hypertension and Resistant Hypertension with Dr. Basile

ITE Objectives

2017 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Educational Objectives 

2018 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Educational Objectives 

2019 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Educational Objectives 

2020 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Educational Objectives 

Helpful Apps/References

Journal Club (iOS)

Journal Club (Android)

ACC Guideline Clinical App

MGH Resident CCU and SDU Guidebook

Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Cheat Sheet

Supervising Facility/Specialty Coordinators

Division of Cardiovascular