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Left atrial myxoma by cardiac CT. Most common primary cardiac tumor, can embolize.

- Brian Ghoshhajra, MD
@ghoshhajra

#Clinical
Left atrial myxoma ... by cardiac CT. ... @ghoshhajra #Clinical ... #Radiology #Cardiology ... #CardiacCTA #CCTA
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Symptoms: Palpitations ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... SYSTEMIC • ANAEMIA ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
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 ... #Cardiology #Differential
Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) CardiacCT. In nl development, the ostium secundum allows placental blood to
septal defect (ASD) CardiacCT ... MMI approach, CT ... @AChoiHeart #Clinical ... #Radiology #Cardiology ... #CardiacCTA #CCTA
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
year - Barium Enema ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... Tomography Angiography (CTA ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
Polo Mint Sign on Chest CT
 • Partial filling defect in a blood vessel surrounded by
Polo Mint Sign on Chest ... CTPartial filling ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Symptoms: • Palpitations ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
CTA done for chest ... usually made by a CT ... scan of the chest ... #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta
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