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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Comparison of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial Rate >
of Multifocal Atrial ... Tachycardia, Atrial ... AtrialTachycardia #AFib ... AFlutter #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Electrocardiogram
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... : Premature Atrial ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation - Management Algorithm

 • Rate Control
 • Rhythm Control
 • Anticoagulation

Matthew Ho,
Newly Diagnosed ... Atrial Fibrillation ... MatthewHoMD #Atrial ... Management #Algorithm #cardiology ... #AFib
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 ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Valvular vs Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation - Classification
Valvular:
 • Presence of moderate-to-severe mitral stenosis or artificial (mechanical)
vs Non-Valvular Atrial ... #NonValvular #Atrial ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #definition
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
- Differential Diagnosis ... w/ AV Block, Atrial ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Atrial Flutter ... • AFib. ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
- Differential Diagnosis ... , AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial ... Tachycardia w/ PACs, AFIb ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #cardiology