Hemodynamic Concepts Hello to all, and thanks to anyone who continues to periodically check in to see whats going on. Finally, after turbulent personal times, I have the leisure to provide another posting.

I have made an outline of the module Hemodynamic Concepts which will be useful for all of us studying for the certification exam. If you would like a copy, please feel free to email me. Further, since I aspire to a versification of my knowledge of Myocardial Infarction; I thought I'd post a sonnet that composes part of that larger poem.

What helps in making a diagnosis?
History of atherosclerosis?
For which think “CADDISH” with CAD risk:
Increased CHOLESTEROL might make life brisk;
So AGE grown old and your face grown haggard;
DISUSE, loiter, sloth, overmuch laggard;
And DIABETES, kills by confection;
Chlamydia pneumonia INFECTION;
The SMOKER’s toxic and anoxic breath;
HYPERTENSION, lastly, or silent death.
This list leaves homocysteinemia,
But that’s the MD’s academia.
All this the world well knows; yet now better,
Since rhyme and acrostic fix each letter.


Christopher  ¶ 11:13 PM