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Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... to chronic lung disease ... (COPD) • Hypoxia ... • Pulmonary hypertension ... Management
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
disease or CHF) ... atrial flutter or MAT ... disease or CHF) ... #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE)
 • High altitude disease that kill most people
 • Incidence: severe
High altitude disease ... in tachypnea, tachycardia ... , and severe hypoxia ... pressure to hypoxia ... #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... have signs/symptoms ... of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... - Detection of AFB
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Rhythm Regularity: Have ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... associated with anxiety may ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
sweating, and tachycardia ... have either hypertension ... present with pulmonary ... (hypertension, tachycardia ... Treatment • Operable disease
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... stress testing may ... medical and surgical management