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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Afterload: • Mitral ... Tachyarrhythmia: • VT/VFib ... • AFib/AFlutter ... 2nd/3rd degree AV
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... DANGER (4) Vfib ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... Irregular (1) A fib ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Bradycardia - Differential ... Sinus Bradycardia, AFib ... w/ AV Block, Atrial ... Sinus Arrest, AFib ... Slow Vent Rate, AFib
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... node: AV re-entrant ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... Arrhythmias #Anatomical #Differential
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Cardioembolic: Atrial ... fib, prosthetic ... , LV aneurysm, Endocarditis ... embolism, Occult a-fib ... Stroke #causes #differential
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Ischemic Stroke - Differential ... • Arrhythmias: Afib ... * • Valvular: Mitral ... Prosthetic valve • Endocarditis ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
Atrial Fibrillation ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... & poor mitral valve ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... • SA Block • AV ... interval) • AFib ... with Variable AV ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... disease Infective endocarditis ... (vegetations)/tumor ... (left atrial myxoma ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -mm left sided vegetations