Cardiology / Vascular

Foundations 1 | Foundations 2

FoEM Learning Pathways provide vetted self-study resources that pair with our flipped classroom Foundations I (F1) and II (F2) course units.  To ensure your learning time is as high-yield as possible, use each unit’s objective list to guide your independent study before Foundations meetings.  Learning Pathways offer a variety of specifically paired resources to best suit your learning preferences.  For more details about specific resources and strategic use, visit our Learning Pathways How-To page.

Foundations 1

Unit & ObjectivesText-BasedMultimediaSupplements
Cards I: Dysrhythmias & Devices

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • cardiac arrest requiring ACLS
  • symptomatic bradycardia
  • atrioventricular block
  • narrow-complex tachycardia (regular, irregular)
  • wide-complex tachycardia (regular, irregular)
  • pacemaker malfunction
  • ICD malfunction
  • cardiac arrest with ICD

Rosen's Text (10th):
Ch 5, 65, 66

Tintinalli's Text (9th):
Ch 18, 23, 24, 33

Tintinalli's Manual (8th):
Ch 2		EB Medicine:
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Cards II: ACS & CHF

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • undifferentiated chest pain
  • stable angina
  • unstable angina
  • NSTEMI
  • STEMI
  • early complications of MI
  • acute heart failure
  • cardiogenic shock
  • cardiomyopathy (including dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive)

Rosen's Text (10th):
Ch 22, 64, 67, 68

Tintinalli's Text (9th):
Ch 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55

Tintinalli's Manual (8th):
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Cards III: Carditis, Valves & Syncope

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • undifferentiated syncope
  • pericarditis (including uremic, post-MI)
  • pericardial effusion
  • cardiac tamponade
  • myocarditis
  • Chagas' disease
  • Lyme carditis
  • infective endocarditis
  • acute rheumatic fever
  • acute mitral regurgitation
  • decompensated aortic stenosis
  • acute aortic insufficiency

Rosen's Text (10th):
Ch 11, 68, 69

Tintinalli's Text (9th):
Ch 52, 54, 55, 156, 161, 162

Tintinalli's Manual (8th):
Ch 21, 23, 24, 93, 97, 98		EB Medicine:
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Vascular: Vascular Emergencies

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • hypertensive emergency
  • hypertensive encephalopathy
  • aortic dissection
  • ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • acute arterial occlusion
  • deep vein thrombosis

Rosen's Text (10th):
Ch 70, 71, 72, 73, 74

Tintinalli's Text (9th):
Ch 56, 57, 59, 60, 61

Tintinalli's Manual (8th):
Ch 25, 26, 27, 28		EB Medicine:
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Foundations 2

Mouse over each Article under Primary Literature to see the full title

Unit & ObjectivesText-BasedMultimediaSupplements
Cards I: Syncope & Narrow Arrhythmias

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • Cardiogenic Syncope
  • Narrow Complex Arrhythmias
  • Unstable Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter
Critical Care EM (2nd, Farcy)
Ch 15, 18

Critical Care Med (5th, Parillo)
Ch 31

Primary Literature:
  • Article 1
  • Article 2
  • Article 3
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Cards II: Myocardial Infarction & Cardiac Arrest

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • STEMI
  • Acute Complications of Myocardial Infarction
  • Wide Complex Arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Arrest
Critical Care EM (2nd, Farcy)
Ch 16, 18, 19, 53, 59

Critical Care Med (5th, Parillo)
Ch 1, 23, 29, 31

Primary Literature:
  • Article 1
  • CCA/AHA STEMI
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Cards III: Cardiovasular Devices

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • Pacemaker Failure
  • Complications of LVADs
Critical Care EM (2nd, Farcy)
Ch 20, 21

Critical Care Med (5th, Parillo)
Ch 5, 23, 27

Primary Literature:
  • Article 1
  • Article 2
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Vasc: Vascular Emergencies

Objectives: Identify clinical features, diagnosis and acute management of the following conditions:
  • Aortic Dissection
  • Acute Arterial Insufficiency
  • Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Anticoagulation Reversal
Critical Care EM (2nd, Farcy)
Ch 17, 19, 38, 39

Critical Care Med (5th, Parillo)
Ch 32, 33, 34, 74 [no AAA]

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  • Article 1
  • Article 2
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