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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 ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Garland Triad on Chest X-Ray in Sarcoidosis 
aka Pawnbroker's Sign - Right paratracheal and bilateral hilar
Chest X-Ray in ... Right paratracheal and ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Pawnbrokers #Sign #clinical ... #radiology #pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Sister had MI in ... McConnell's sign, and ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
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 ... chest pain on day ... Echocardiogram #TEE #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS
Sinus venosus ASD + severely dilated RV 2/2

- Medlife Crisis (Rohin)
@MedCrisis

#Clinical #Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram #ASD #Atrial
Sinus venosus ASD ... @MedCrisis #Clinical ... #Cardiology #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ASD ... #Atrial #SeptalDefect
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Clinical • ... intolerance • Chest ... #Cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... ) 2. ... develops after birth Chest ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
fibrillation in clinic ... We have 2 current ... used in practice, CHEST ... CHEST recommends ... CHADS2VASC #Score #Management
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... anterior wall MI ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
palpable purpura 2/ ... 2 vasculitis, ulcers ... Other tests: • CT chest ... typically seen on chest ... differential #diagnosis #management