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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
septal defect (VSD) 2. ... along with concave Pulmonary ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds ... #pediatrics #cardiology
Massive Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (TEE)
Pt admitted for SOB x 2 months with episode of
Massive Left Atrial ... admitted for SOB x 2 ... of syncope and chest ... Echocardiogram #TEE #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
year - Barium Enema ... years CHEST - ... Tomography Angiography (CTA ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... cardioversion 2. ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest ... root, and left atrium ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
Echocardiogram 2 ... infarct or acute chest ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c ... #labeled
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
McConnell's Sign on POCUS ... highly specific for pulmonary ... infarct & acute chest ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
CTA done for chest ... 75% will die in 2 ... dissection #CardiacCTA #CCTA ... #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta