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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Arrhythmias: • Atrial fibrillation ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... may not occur Differential ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... arrhythmia • Atrial fibrillation ... #differential #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... -mm left sided vegetations ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... • Check ECG rhythm ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... ECG is vital while ... Cardiac cath if ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
hypotension - Cardiac ... ., atrial fibrillation ... with rapid ventricular ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Characterized by left ventricular ... , selenium) Differential ... LVEF <45% • Left ventricular ... experience recovery of cardiac ... recognition and management