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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... Nrtaylor101 #Palpitations ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Diagnosis Framework ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... May present as: palpitations ... • Valve disease ... tissue (previous MI ... #Cardiology #Differential
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... Cardiogenic ventricular arrythmia ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... #Causes #cardiology ... #MRI
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Contractility: • MI ... • AFib/AFlutter ... #Syncope #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... morbidity Heart: • Arrhythmias ... : Afib* • Valvular ... thrombus, recent MI ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
, e.g., due to arrhythmias ... structural heart disease ... carotid sinus syndrome ... further guide management ... the underlying disease
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
due to chronic disease ... Symptoms: • N/V • Palpitations ... telemetry for arrhythmias ... of feeding • Arrhythmias ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sick Sinus Syndrome ... interval) • AFib ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes