USMLE Step 1: Cardiovascular Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology — Simulator and Clinical Calculators

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un compendio exhaustivo y un simulador interactivo de alta fidelidad clínica diseñados específicamente para dominar la dinámica de fluidos, la electrofisiología miocárdica y la terapéutica cardiovascular evaluadas en los exámenes de licenciamiento médico de EE.UU.

What it covers

1. Cardiac Embryonic Development
2. Congenital Heart Anomalies
3. · 1. Left to Right Shorts (Not Initially Cyanotic)
4. · 2. Right to Left Short Circuits (Early Cyanosis)
5. Vascular Histology and Coronary Anatomy
6. · 1. Coronary Dominance and Irrigation Territories
7. · 2. Histology of the Vascular Layers
8. Cardiac Cycle and Pressure-Volume Curves
9. · Mechanical Phases of the Cardiac Cycle
10. Blood Pressure Regulation and Flow Dynamics
11. · Blood Pressure Reflex Control Systems
12. Cardiac Output and Oxygen Transport
13. · Determinants of Stroke Volume (Stroke Volume, SV)
14. Cardiac Action Potentials
15. Advanced Interpretation of Electrocardiography
16. · Interval Analysis and Its Physiological Meaning
17. High Performance Channelopathies and Arrhythmias
18. · Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome
19. Acute and Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
20. Valvular Pathophysiology and Murmur Dynamics
21. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies
22. · Comparative pathophysiology of cardiomyopathies
23. Pericardium, Endocardium and Infectious Pathology
24. · Acute Rheumatic Fever vs. Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease
25. Hemodynamic and Hypertensive Pharmacotherapy
26. Antiarrhythmic Therapeutics: Vaughan Williams Classification
27. Antithrombotic and Anticoagulant Pharmacology
28. Clinical Physiology and Cardiovascular Risk Calculators
29. · 1. Cardiac Output by Fick's Principle and Cardiac Index ($CO / CI$)
30. · 2. Systemic Vascular Resistance ($SVR$) and Pulmonary Resistance ($PVR$)
31. · 3. Corrected QT Interval ($QTc$) - Bazett, Fridericia and Framingham
32. · 4. Aortic Valve Area ($AVA$) by Continuity Equation
33. · 5. CHA₂DS₂-VASc Risk Scale for Atrial Fibrillation
34. Interactive Cardiology Questions Simulator (USMLE QBank)