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Cardiology status update
Introduction
| Organ System Project |
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| Topics |
| Leaders & Members |
| Meetings’ Summary |
System leader: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.
Status Updates
Status Updates
| Resident survival guide Progress | |
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| Completed | 50 |
| In progress | 0 |
| Remaining | 1 |
| Primary care chapter Progress | |
| Completed | 1 |
| In progress | 6 |
| Remaining | 6 |
Primary Care Topics
Primary Care Topics
Status Updates
Status Updates
| Progress | |
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| Completed | 84 |
| In progress | 48 |
| Remaining | 0 |
List of Chapters Requiring Content
List of Chapters Requiring Content
In progress chapters
In progress chapters
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
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| Cardiovascular system | |||||||
| Aortic regurgitation | Assigned | Mohammed Salih | Ali | In progress | |||
| Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Huda | In progress | ||||
| Atherosclerosis | Assigned | Niloofar | In progress | ||||
| AV nodal reentrant tachycardia | Assigned | Ramyar | In progress | ||||
| Cardiac transplant | Assigned | Ifrah Fatima | Sogand | In progress | |||
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Assigned | Amir Bagheri | Farima | In progress | |||
| Cardioversion | Assigned | Sara hadadi | In progress | ||||
| Collateral circulation | Assigned | Mydah | Elsaiey,Ahmed | In progress | |||
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | Assigned | Nidhi Kanwar | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Dextrocardia | Assigned | Scott | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Heart transplantation associated arrhythmias | Assigned | Syed Rizvi | Aditya | In progress | |||
| Holter monitor | Assigned | Rinky | Abdelrahman | In progress | |||
| Hyperkalemia | Assigned | Huda | In progress | ||||
| Hypokalemia | Assigned | Alieh Behjat | Mandana | ||||
| Infra-Hisian Block | Assigned | Sara | In progress | ||||
| Junctional rhythm | Assigned | Ahmed | In progress | ||||
| Mycotic aneurysm | Assigned | Krishna | In progress | ||||
| Oculofaciocardiodental syndrome | Assigned | Arash | Niloofar | In progress | |||
| Pacemaker syndrome | Assigned | Tayyaba, Mohammed Salih | Ali | In progress | |||
| Paradoxical embolism | Assigned | Hira Rehman | Roukoz | In progress | |||
| Paradoxical septal motion | Assigned | Mitra | Sogand | In progress | |||
| Parkes Weber syndrome | Assigned | Saud Khan | Inactive | ||||
| Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia | Assigned | Noha Elzeiny | Homa | In progress | |||
| Palpitation | Assigned | Akash Daswaney | Homa | In progress | |||
| Persistent juvenile T-wave pattern | Assigned | Zaida | Farima | In progress | |||
| Peripartum cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Nabeel ahmad | Inactive | ||||
| Persistent truncus arteriosus | Assigned | Fahime | In progress | ||||
| Premature ventricular contraction | Assigned | Radwa | Homa | In progress | |||
| Post-infarction conduction abnormalities | Assigned | Hamid Parsa | Ramyar | In progress | |||
| Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome | Assigned | Saud Khan | Mahshid, Sahar | Inactive | |||
| PR interval alternans | Assigned | Sogand’s scholar | In progress | ||||
| Pulmonary atresia | Assigned | Muhammad Waqas | In progress | ||||
| Pulmonary valve | Assigned | Mohammed Salih | Ali | – | |||
| Pulmonary valve stenosis | Assigned | Mohammed Salih | Ali | – | |||
| P wave alternans | Assigned | Ahmed | – | ||||
| Reperfusion injury | Assigned | Shivam Single | Sara | In progress | |||
| Right ventricular outflow obstruction | Assigned | Mohemmed Salih | Ali | – | |||
| Spontaneous coronary artery dissection | Assigned | Mohammed aboali | Inactive | ||||
| Short QT syndrome | Assigned | Sumanth | Huda | In progress | |||
| Sudden infant death syndrome | Assigned | Krishna | In progress | ||||
| Transcatheter aortic valve implantation | Assigned | Sogand | In progress | ||||
| Thoracic aortic aneurysm | Assigned | Mohammed Salih | Ali | – | |||
| Ventricular Assist device | Assigned | Tayebah Choudhary | Ali | In progress | |||
| Ventricular tachycardia | Assigned | Aisha Adigun | Homa | In progress | |||
| Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome | Assigned | Sara Zand | Fahime | In progress |
Completed chapters
Completed chapters
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
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| CVS | Abdominal aortic aneurysm | Assigned | Ramyar | Complete | In progress | ||
| Acute coronary syndromes | Assigned | Sabawoon | Complete | Completed | Nicholas Menzel | ||
| Acute aortic syndrome | Assigned | Sahar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Aortic dissection | Assigned | Sahar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Aortic intramural hematoma | Assigned | Cafer Zorkon | Complete | In progress | |||
| Aortic stenosis | Assigned | Mandana | Complete | In progress | |||
| Artificial pacemaker | Assigned | Javaria Anwer | Farima | Complete | In progress | ||
| Atrial fibrillation | Assigned | Hasan | Complete | In progress | |||
| Atrial septal defect | Assigned | Ifeoma | Complete | In progress | |||
| Beri Beri | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| Bifascicular block | Assigned | Shadi Ebr | Sahar | Complete | In progress | ||
| Blalock-Taussig shunt | Assigned | Usman Ali Akbar | Sara Mohsin | Complete | Completed | Sara Mohsin | |
| Brugada syndrome | Assigned | Sogand | Complete | In progress | |||
| Bundle branch block (LP) | Assigned | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cardiac amyloidosis | Assigned | Sabawoon | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cardiac tamponade | Assigned | Ramyar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cardiac fibrosis | Assigned | Niloofar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cardiogenic shock | Assigned | Ali | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cardiac transplantation | Assigned | Ifrah Fatima | Sogand | Complete | In progress | ||
| Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) | Assigned | Mounika | Krishna | Complete | In progress | ||
| Chagas disease | Assigned | Huda | Complete | In progress | |||
| Congenital heart block | Assigned | Sogand | Complete | In progress | |||
| Constrictive pericarditis | Assigned | Huda | Complete | In progress | |||
| Cyanotic heart disease | Assigned | Fahime | Complete | In progress | |||
| Dressler’s syndrome | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| Ebstein’s anomaly | Assigned | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | |||
| Eisenmenger’s syndrome | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| Endocardial cushion defect | Assigned | Aditya | Complete | In progress | |||
| Endocarditis | Assigned | Fahime | Complete | In progress | |||
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| First degree AV block | Assigned | Ahmed | Complete | In progress | |||
| Heart Failure | Assigned | Hasan | Complete | In progress | |||
| Heart in Kawasaki disease | Assigned | Sabawoon | Complete | In progress | |||
| HIV induced pericarditis | Assigned | Ramyar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Holiday heart syndrome | Assigned | Apeksha Gupta | Aditya | Complete | In progress | ||
| Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Soroush | Complete | In progress | |||
| Kawasaki disease | Assigned | Fahime | Complete | In progress | |||
| Jervel Lange Nielson Syndrome | Assigned | Krishna | Complete | In progress | |||
| Libman-Sacks endocarditis | Assigned | Sara | Complete | In progress | |||
| Long QT syndrome (LQTS) | Assigned | Krishna | Complete | In progress | |||
| Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome | Assigned | Usman Ali Akbar | Sara Mohsin | Complete | English reviewed | Sara Mohsin | |
| Loeffler endocarditis | Assigned | Soroush | Complete | In progress | |||
| Mitral stenosis | Assigned | Aditya | Complete | In progress | |||
| Myocardial abscess | Assigned | Ali | Complete | In progress | |||
| Myocarditis | Assigned | Homa | Complete | In progress | |||
| Myxoma | Assigned | Sogand | Complete | In progress | |||
| Myxomatous degeneration | Assigned | Ali | Complete | In progress | |||
| Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis | Assigned | Homa | Complete | In progress | |||
| Obesity cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Soroush | Complete | In progress | |||
| Paget-Schroetter disease | Assigned | Anahita Deylamshahi | Krishna | Complete | In progress | ||
| Parasystole | Assigned | Mohammed Salih | Complete | In progress | |||
| Paroxysmal AV block | Assigned | Akash Daswaney | Homa | Complete | In progress | ||
| Patent ductus arteriosus | Assigned | Ramyar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Patent foramen ovale | Assigned | Ifoma | Complete | In progress | |||
| Penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer | Assigned | Sahar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Pentalogy of Fallot | Assigned | Abdulkareem Lukan | Sahar | Complete | In progress | ||
| Pericardial effusion | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| Post-cardiac injury syndrome | Assigned | Ibtisam Ashraf | Sahar | Complete | In progress | ||
| Post myocardial infarction pericarditis | Assigned | Mandana | Complete | In progress | |||
| Postpericardiotomy syndrome | Assigned | Niloofar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Pericarditis | Assigned | Homa | Complete | In progress | |||
| Pre-excitation syndrome | Assigned | Shivam Singla | Sara Mohsin | Complete | Needs English Review | Sara Mohsin | |
| Premature atrial contraction | Assigned | Amandeep | Complete | In progress | |||
| Prinzmetal’s angina | Assigned | Amandeep | Complete | In progress | |||
| Restrictive Cardiomyopathy | Assigned | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | |||
| Rheumatic heart disease | Assigned | Huda | Complete | In progress | |||
| 2nd degree heart block | Assigned | Ahmed | Complete | In progress | |||
| Sick sinus syndrome | Assigned | Sahar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Supraventricular tachycardia | Assigned | Abdelrahman | Complete | In progress | |||
| Tetralogy of Fallot | Assigned | Fahime | Complete | In progress | |||
| Third degree AV block | Assigned | Qasim Khurshid | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | ||
| Transesophageal echocardiography | Assigned | Shakiba Hassanzadeh | Ahmed | Complete | In progress | ||
| Transposition of great arteries | Assigned | Aditya | Complete | In progress | |||
| Tricuspid atresia | Assigned | Sara Zand | Fahime | Complete | In progress | ||
| Tricuspid regurgitation | Assigned | Krishna | Complete | In progress | |||
| Timothys syndrome | Assigned | Krishna | Complete | In progress | |||
| Tuberculous pericarditis | Assigned | Fahime | Complete | In progress | |||
| Ventricular septal defect | Assigned | Huda | Complete | In progress | |||
| Ventricular fibrillation | Assigned | Sahar | Complete | In progress | |||
| Long QT syndrome | Assigned | Complete | In progress | ||||
| Angina pectoris | Assigned | Complete | In progress | ||||
| Mitral regurgitation | Assigned | Complete | In progress | ||||
| Pulmonary valve regurgitation | Assigned | Javaria | Complete | In progress | |||
| Preoperative cardiac risk assessment | Assigned | Complete | In progress | ||||
| Percutaneous coronary intervention | Assigned | Complete | In progress | ||||
| Multifocal atrial tachycardia | Assigned | Sara Mohsin | Complete |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Huda A. Karman, M.D.
